Episode 38: Burn Litigation and the Firefighter’s Rule
Fire Law
English - May 03, 2021 20:03 - 41 minutes - 64.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratingsGovernment News discipline dutytoact failuretoreport failuretosupervise riversidefiredepartment Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Fire Law Podcast #37: Fire Officers and Overtime
In this episode, Curt and attorney Paul Samakow discuss the Firefighter’s Rule, and in particular the challenges of recovering damages for burn injuries.
Paul is a nationally known advocate for burn survivors and their families. He has a national practice representing burn survivors. Paul is the author of a book about compensation for burn survivors – Twice Burned – which, along with a paper he has written – A Handbook for the Caregivers of Burn Survivors, which talks about compassion fatigue – is available for free.
Paul also is the creator of National Burn Prevention Day (www.nationalburnpreventionday.org) which is coming up on May 19th.