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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Lane Ambulance EMS providers were reportedly attempting to administer Narcan when the patient forced a paramedic to the rig floor
The company said it is cooperating with a Mississippi bureau of narcotics inquiry
Lawyers for former Aurora Fire Rescue paramedic Peter Cichuniec asked a judge to review the evidence linked to 11 charges, including manslaughter and assault
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Chief Thomas Meyers said the man has no ties to the Central Oneida County Volunteer Ambulance Corps, which has newer uniforms
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The medical examiner determined Renardo Green’s cause of death was “prone restraint cardiac arrest”
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The rig driver, Kevin Tirrel McCorvey, was arrested and told Fairburn police that he had smoked marijuana, taken Adderall and was drinking before the incident
Medical examiners in Houston had to wait weeks following the Nov. 5 concert by rapper Travis Scott for additional test results before making final determinations
The Rialto Fire Department crew members “insisted the patient had to be brought outside the facility before they could provide any sort of treatment,” police say
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Levi Coleman’s lawsuit claims that the Ogden Fire Department and the city violated the Utah Medical Cannabis Act
The investigation into LifeCare Ambulance’s David Richards is ongoing
First Response Ambulance claims officials violated a town ordinance by allowing another service to operate within city limits
Rutherford County mayor welcomes new director, Brian Gaither, and thanks former leader Carl Hudgens
The rights of EMS agencies and remedies if hospital bed delays cannot be satisfactorily resolved through collaboration with hospital counterparts
Two suits say the system set to go into place would give insurers too much power to control reimbursement amounts
Texas Department of Health and Human Services lifted the emergency suspension after a paperwork change
Friends of Jason Hamilton say he faces a long recovery
County Commission President Jake Shade said he is open to receiving additional details about complaints regarding Christopher Biggs
The Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services probe opens the possibility for state sanctions against Sedgwick County EMS
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The announcement comes three months after two paramedics were charged in the death of Elijah McClain
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IAFF Local 1715’s list of complaints includes a hostile work environment, ethics concerns and low employee morale
The court order says the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid had no clear authority to enact the mandate for providers that participate in the government programs
Ambulance Victoria employees said trauma from workplace conditions was worse than what they experienced from the work itself
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