Winning a hearing loss personal injury case is not easy. If the firefighters went to even one rock concert, the defendants will use that to claim that the hearing loss is not the fault of the sirens.
Huh?
I normally have the highest respect for firefighters, but this is just an attempted shakedown. They should be ashamed.
Funny, all the Firemen I see here where I live in California, and there are four Fire Stations close to my home so I see a lot of Fire Fighters on their rigs, wear hearing protection while riding in or on the trucks. Sounds more like they need to suing their Fire departments and cities for negligence! Some call OSHA pronto!
please tell me you are kidding, I know an ear nose and throat guy who once said well a little hearing damage is not necessarily all bad!
OK, You win, here's your settlement, now get back to work. Next Case!
That's funny, we were on the 2nd floor porch all afternoon havin' brewskis, when the city's L2 [FD Ladder truck] cruised by code 1, came back by 20 minutes later, and I noticed the driver was wearing headphone-style hearing protection, like we use when we shoot. They know...
Guess these geniuses never heard of ear plugs.
Everyone these days wants to cash in on a big tort claim.
Just as an intellectual exercise, I wonder where we’d all be right now if the Marines had complained of all the noise before going into the beaches on Okinawa - and refused to go.