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By John A. Ferrone Esq. Fire fighters face dangers every day. It is no surprise the job is one of the toughest in California. With these dangers comes the increased

As you recall, the Ferrone Law Group (FLG) was successful in Compton Firefighters, IAFF Local 2216 v. City of Compton (2023), in obtaining historic remedies including reimbursement to Local 2216

In the realm of protecting Public Safety, few scenarios demand an attorney’s rapid reaction and acute attention like responding to an Officer Involved Shooting or other Critical Incident (“OIS”). Within

WHAT IT IS: Senate Bill 2 (“SB2”) is the new law effective January 1, 2023, which establishes a requirement that all California Peace Officers be certified by the Commission on

Christmas came early for firefighters at the City of Alhambra! While most understand that an employer cannot violate its collective bargaining unit, what often goes unnoticed and unchallenged are changes

On Monday, January 30, 2023, Attorney Michael McGill obtained a favorable opinion from the Fourth District Appellate Court in the matter of Casson v. Orange County Employees Retirement System. The

By John A. Ferrone Esq.Ferrone Law Group Workers’ compensation has a principal known as the ”compensable consequence” or secondary injuries, where a subsequent injury is the direct and natural consequence

By John A. Ferrone Esq.Ferrone Law Group California public safety officers are subject to a challenging and at times stressful environment. Peace officers are frequently exposed to stress related injuries

By John A. Ferrone Esq. Adams, Ferrone & Ferrone Fire fighters face dangers every day. It is no surprise the job is one of the toughest in California. With these

By John A. Ferrone Esq.Ferrone Law Group Safety officers, who have claimed a work injury, will be faced with a host of complex work comp laws that have been designed

Disciplinary UpdateAttorney Robert Baumann AB 392/Use of Force: Responded to multiple officer involved shootings, both occurring with Southern California agencies. In both instances Attorney Baumann was able to successfully navigate

By: Michael A. McGill, Esq. In March 2010, Santa Barbara County District Attorney Investigator Rick Prancevic was punitively transferred from one county office to a different office, much further away

Chemical-based firefighting foam has been sold for decades because of its effectiveness in extinguishing jet fuel and petroleum fires. However, it may cause various types of cancer — most notably

Labor Code section 3600(a)(9) provides that an injury is not compensable if it arises out of ‘voluntary participation in any off-duty recreational, social or athletic activity not constituting part of

March 20, 2020 – It is not a matter of if, but when, a safety officer will come into contact with the coronavirus in performance of their duties. The natural

California public safety officers are subject to a challenging and, at times, stressful environment. Peace officers are frequently exposed to situations likely to cause stress-related injuries, such as inmate assaults,

Key Highlights: Effective April 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020, the law provides up to 80 hours of paid sick leave for employees impacted by coronavirus; and allows employees to

Ferrone & Ferrone (FF) attorneys are fielding hundreds of phone calls from public safety associations and officers throughout the state, who are all struggling to manage the Covid-19 pandemic.  The