City struck from ex-firefighter’s lawsuit
Union had opposed removal of municipality from court action brought by Gregory Billings
A judge granted a City of Fredericton’s motion to be removed as a defendant in an ex-firefighter’s lawsuit, but it had been the firefighters’ union, not the plaintiff, who’d opposed the motion.
Former Fredericton firefighter Gregory Billings contends in a lawsuit he filed in late 2023 that he was forced out of his job over his opposition to City of Fredericton mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He originally sued city hall, but later added the International Association of Fire Fighters Local 1053, the Fredericton firefighters’ union, arguing it failed in its duty to defend his labour interests.
Billings discontinued the action against the City of Fredericton last year, but the union filed a third-party claim against the city as part of the court action.