Four Virginia Beach firefighters who were denied promotions last year are suing the city. They claim results of an annual captain’s exam were tainted when a battalion chief gave confidential test information to two firefighters.
The lawsuit was filed last week in Circuit Court on behalf of longtime firefighters David Scherrer, Richard Irving, Alexander Wazlak and Mark Bayly, who were among 36 firefighters taking the exam last year. Wazlak was just promoted to captain last week, but the rest still hold the rank of master firefighter.
The group is not asking for monetary compensation. Instead, it wants results of the promotion process to be thrown out and the procedure to be redone.
The four firefighters began trying to get the results tossed last year, when they filed a grievance with the city.