Legal Issues
The legal issues topic contains news and information about legal issues affecting EMS personnel, agencies or departments. Find the latest news from personnel misconduct, to disciplinary and harassment cases, to malpractice lawsuits, as well as advice to prevent legal action with EMS training, documentation and management.
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Poor decisions impact the public trust in the agency and the profession
Climbing the ranks of EMS often fails to prepare new chiefs to discuss financial issues with local elected and appointed officials
“Her hair was fried like it had been stuck in a light socket, her face was black and her body was severely burned,” former fire chief Cole Haley said
Paramedic chiefs can use the three Ps to communicate the organization’s expectations regarding operational preparedness to EMS providers
Authorities said Nicholas Poliseno withdrew money from the Hinal Patel Scholarship Fund to gamble in Atlantic City
Jeff Payne was fired after he arrested nurse Alex Wubbels, who refused to allow him to draw blood from a patient unconscious after a car crash
Kenneth T. Mason allegedly touched the boy inappropriately while the boy was participating in a career-development program
An $8.6 million settlement with Hospital Corporation of America was reached after a whistleblower claimed they swapped cheap rides for lucrative opportunities
Linda Kimball was fired after criticizing New England Patriots players for kneeling during the national anthem
The lawsuit alleges the pharma companies used deceptive marketing practices to tout the benefits of opioids for chronic pain
Police said the suspect wanted to steal two generators from a city building, and realized his stolen truck had a dead battery
The demand was made “because of the negligence and inexcusable conduct of Okaloosa County EMS,” according to the victim’s lawyer
Prosecutors said Ahmad Khan Rahimi researched online, bought ingredients and assembled bombs after watching how-to videos
Jose Gonzalez, who is charged with running over Yadira Arroyo, stood by his attorney as she announced the plan to file a psychiatric notice
Darren Lawrence began acting violently before punching a female EMT on the way to the hospital, according to police
Linda Kimball allegedly used racist language when criticizing members of the New England Patriots for kneeling during the National Anthem
Matthew McCree, 15, was fatally stabbed in the chest; a 16-year-old was also stabbed in the chest and side and was hospitalized in critical but stable condition
Clifford Heiser was arrested after a DNA test backed up a complaint filed by a female patient he had transported to the hospital
The victim’s mother said Steven Deaton tried to overdose on painkillers because he would “rather die than go to jail”
The Salt Lake Police Association said they are “extremely concerned and dismayed” about handling that has “corrupted” the high-profile investigation
Officials said the ambulance was making its way through a huge fight on the street when the tires were slashed
After showing up naked and covered in mud on a neighbor’s doorstep and telling him he had just killed four people, Orion Krause told officers, “I freed them”
Anthony Agathangelon said he intended to kill the EMT because they were “out to get him”
Surveillance video shows two men grabbing bags filled with thousands of dollars’ worth of items from the ambulance
Rep. Craig Hall said in a Twitter message that he doesn’t have details yet on the legislation he’s planning
Jeffrey Dean said he was told to teach his new partner to “keep his mouth shut”
Christopher Wimmer pleaded no contest to seven felony counts of interception and disclosure of oral communications
Capt. Vincent Walla said his unwanted transfer would make it look like he was involved in racist threats against a black paramedic
Teddy Bennett said he threw the cup because he was “tired of these damn sirens running up the road”
The nursing home listed a backup nursing home and an EMS agency in its hurricane plan, but reps for both companies say they never got a call
The lawsuit seeks to limit the availability of the drugs that often lead to addiction
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