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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They were convicted of 39 counts after a $1.2M scam that went on for more than a decade
Victory EMS owner Victor Gonzalez, 26, has been charged with five counts of healthcare fraud, three counts of identity theft and one count of mail fraud
The EMT was stuck by flying glass shards and debris, but was wearing a bulletproof vest thanks to a new policy to combat an uptick in gun violence
Justine Dubois, 24, faked a seizure while being arrested for allegedly stealing a car; the gun shot caused minor wounds to the medic’s abdomen
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Neel Jackson, 35, is accused of transporting patients under Medicaid when they weren’t eligible and offering envelopes of cash to entice them to use the service
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As an EMS leader you need to balance confidence and arrogance or your leadership will sink
Hunter LeGrand faces murder and DWI charges after hitting an ambulance head-on, killing the patient and injuring two medics
A probe indicates that both pilots were either too overwhelmed or distracted to navigate back to the airport
Lawyers and medical professionals say restraining and transporting coherent people against their will could violate state law
He pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide, driving under the influence and following too close in the 2012 crash that killed Jason Dale Strickland, 37
Two hospital workers and a pilot died Tuesday when the helicopter crashed en route to pick up an ailing child
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