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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An investigation into the Durham County Emergency Medical Services employee’s conduct found “vials with clear evidence of tampering”
Prosecutors at Jose Gonzalez’s trial used his 2017 interview with police as his testimony
A Colorado Springs officer and a paramedic held Kevin Dizmang on the ground after they saw him walking in the middle of a street, speaking unintelligibly
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Mercy Flight EMS providers transported the injured child to Oishei Children’s Hospital in Buffalo
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Officers said that Juan Hernandez “was uncooperative with medical staff” and “was using foul language and making racial slurs”
A juror said that most of panel wanted to convict Anthony Spada, who remains on leave from the Walla Walla department
The chiefs Laura Kavanagh demoted had several complaints against them and refused to follow her orders, according to a source
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“There was information withheld by those already on the scene which caused our members to handle things differently than they should have,” Thomas Malone said
Jose Gonzalez’s trial began Wednesday, nearly six years after Yadira Arroyo’s death
Peggy Finley also is accused of trying to improperly influence a police officer
Joshua Cory Frances falsely claimed he was a Homeland Security officer and used that identity to defraud multiple agencies out of more than $150,000
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A legal and ethical deep dive into the firing of 2 EMTs, fire lieutenant in Tyre Nichols’ death
Boston Fire offered Duxbury Fire Department its Critical Incident Stress Management team to help the responders and their families
Nearly six years after EMT Yadira Arroyo was killed, the man who allegedly ran her down with her own rig will stand trial
Justin Chalmers Nevius pleaded guilty to three charges last month
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Attorneys for the Ohio patient and her husband allege that the paramedics were negligent
The actions were not the “final disposition of this entire matter,” said Matt Gibbs, an attorney for the state Department of Health
A Charlotte Fire crew, not EMS, was dispatched after police first called for help; once on scene, firefighters called Medic to treat Jovontay Williams, who later died
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