Trial By Fire

And the Price of a Bucket of Tomatoes

James E Sharpe

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Sea Boots Publishing
20 February 2024

Biography: general; Emergency services

"Trial By Fire is a story about the career and life of Lt. Jim Sharpe, a Miami Dade firefighter/paramedic, who was involved in the first civil lawsuit ever brought against a firefighter. The lawsuit revolved around an accident in deep south Dade County (Miami), when a Chevy Suburban, with the driver 3.5 times legally drunk, crashed into an irrigation ditch with thirteen of his family and friends in the vehicle. Four of the occupants were killed and nine critically injured. The people and events in this story are real but some names were changed to protect the innocent.

In 1980 after a long and very successful career riding rescue, Lieutenant Sharpe was called to respond to the accident. A history-making lawsuit resulted when the migrant laborers were convinced by a couple of Coral Gables attorneys, and a migrant organization called SALAD, to sue Lieutenant Sharpe, who was in charge of the rescue scene, along with the fire department, police department, landowners and the state road department. The accident happened just two weeks before the ""Good Samaritan Act"" was passed into law. This law would force anyone wishing to file a lawsuit to first prove negligence."

By: James E Sharpe
Imprint: Sea Boots Publishing
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 417g
ISBN: 9781957077611
ISBN 10: 1957077611
Pages: 114
Publication Date: 20 February 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

The son of a pioneer Miami sport-fishing captain, Capt. Jim Sharpe began his fishing career early, guiding his first sail fishing trip in 1954 at age 12. He worked on charter commercial fishing boats in Miami until 1976, when he moved to the Florida Keys and started SEA BOOTS Charters, fishing from Key West to the Bahamas.As an experienced captain, Sharpe has won the Key West Marlin Tournament two times, the Texaco Hemingway Key West Classic three times and the John Currie Texaco Challenge.Sharpe has produced several sport fishing videos, including How To Fish For Dolphin and Tuna, Marlin Fishing on the Wall, and A Trip To Dry Tortugas; and written numerous magazine articles featured in Marlin, Sport Fishing and The Big Game Fishing Journal. Plus, he produces two radio fishing programs, the Fearless Fishing Forecast and a weekly talk show called This Week in Fishing.