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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Sebastian Isaksen pleaded guilty to carjacking, vehicular manslaughter and DUI
The gunman was an airman who targeted his commander who oversaw a base K-9 unit; officials are determining whether the gunman was authorized to have a weapon
Despite co-workers’ complaints about his return, Illinois law protects his job from off-duty behavior
If convicted of sexual battery and gross sexual imposition, Samuel Conkel faces a maximum of six and a half years in prison
In one incident, Allan Reyna was called to help a patient suffering respiratory distress at a nursing home; a witness said he threw an oxygen tank that struck and injured another patient
Brad Reiter will face two to six years in prison after his seven-year scheme; the money was used to pay for credit card bills, lawn care and security system services
Lisa Grande was the first woman promoted to an officer rank in the department; she was terminated eight months later
The companies had their permits temporarily suspended after failing to meet requirements set by the city
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Timothy Gray, 49, faces a charge of embezzlement for misappropriating funds by giving himself excessive paid time off and receiving a full salary while on short-term disability
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A review of the performance of ketamine in the agitated or excited delirium patient with an acute and potential life-threatening medical condition
TransCare abruptly shuttered on Feb. 24 and declared itself bankrupt; 175 former employees said the company did not give them 60 days of notice
Brad Tate was fired in 2013 after officials found he provided substandard care, intimidated and bullied patients and falsified records to show patients who called 911 refused care
All local government EMS providers and volunteers killed after Nov. 1, 2015 are eligible for the benefits
Veteran paramedic Jason Hunt demonstrated the use in an effort to get a bill passed that would require high schools to have AEDs on campus
Marietta Worth was named the new director of the McLean County EMS; Worth said she wants to adjust paramedic schedules to allow for advanced life support crews 24/7
Dwayne Woodbridge was accused of twice raping a friend and coworker after she asked him to donate his sperm so she could be artificially inseminated
The proposal is meant to help cover the current Medicaid gap that has left some without coverage; the proposal faces an uphill battle in Nebraska’s legislature
Authorities said she used her phone to take photos of an incapacitated male patient’s genitals
The judge said EMT Craig Whitham was a flight risk and barred him from contacting any members of his former crew
The ambulance was stolen after paramedics left it running while taking a patient inside the hospital
An ambulance was damaged after a woman stole it from a hospital and led police on a chase; the department had no policy in place to prevent ambulance theft
The woman stole the ambulance outside of a home as paramedics were inside responding to a call
The man was wearing an EMT jacket and had police gear in his car when he attempted to pick up an inmate from a Massachusetts correctional institution
The judge said the state law was pre-empted by federal law and was “unenforceable”
