How Operational Failures Led to a Multi-Million-Dollar LODD Verdict
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How Operational Failures Led to a Multi-Million-Dollar LODD Verdict

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 23, 202638 min

Gary Ludwig, an expert EMS, fire, and 911 expert, joins the Politics and Tactics panel to discuss his role as an expert witness in an LODD case that had a multi-million-dollar verdict. They cover what went wrong at the Rock Falls, Illinois, incident.

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Welcome to Politics and Tactics from Fire Engineering tonight. I'm here with my co-host PJ Norwood. I'm live here from the Chesapeake. We have a great show for you tonight and a great guest.

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And we're going to be talking about what I consider a watershed moment. I always used to talk about how police departments would get sued over and over again. And I would get those questions of why do you think the police department gets so much scrutiny and the fire department can burn down the whole block and people bring us food.

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And I said it's very simple. It's because lawyers go to law school. They don't go to fire school. But yet now lawyers are getting more and more savvy.

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