Court Revives Police Officer's Civil Suit Over Injuries From Fitness Test

A New York appellate court ruled that a police officer should have been allowed to proceed with a civil lawsuit against a group of government agencies for his injuries from heat stroke during a physical fitness test to join an elite special response team. Case: Dube v. County of Rockland, No. 2016-00061, 04/18/2018, published. Facts: Richard Dube worked for the Town of Ramapo as a police officer. He was selected as a candidate for the Rockland Regional Rescue, Entry and Counter-Terrorism Team, a part-time special weapons and tactics group of specially trained police from participating l...