New York Case: Discretionary Acts of a Fire Department are Protected by Governmental Immunity
A recent New York appellate case has affirmed the principle that fire departments are protected by...
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Topic: Liability
Kobe Accident Photos Shows Need for Camera Use Policy
On November 30, 2020, the family of a woman and child killed in the helicopter crash which also...
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Does Failure to Call The Closest Fire Department Create Liability for a Death? Probably Not
Heather Mishlanie and her 6-year-old daughter Taylor died in January 2018 in a fire in their...
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Who Is Liable for Maintaining The Town’s Dry Hydrants?
I met our Town Supervisor at a fire department pancake breakfast last weekend, and he asked me a...
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The Legal Argument for Banning Alcohol from the Fire House
This may not be a very popular proposal, but perhaps it’s time for alcohol to be banned from...
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New York Court Finds Possible Liability for Negligence Involving a Rekindled Fire
The Appellate Division, Third Department (NY’s intermediate level court, sitting in Albany),...
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Training Like a Commercial Driver Minimizes Liability and Probably Accidents Too
In recent news: the Wink Volunteer Fire Department “responded to a tank battery fire around...
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Maine Case On Legal Immunity for Fire Fighters
I read in the FireLawBlog that a Maine judge granted summary judgment to the local fire department...
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Meet David
David Menken is an attorney in the Yonkers, New York office of Smith Buss & Jacobs, LLP. David specializes in corporate law particularly as it relates to New York State volunteer fire and emergency medical services departments. He is a firefighter and EMT with the Bedford Village Fire Department (formerly President, now Vice President) and also serves as a Bedford Town Justice.