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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The suit stems from the death of a Sacramento man who was treated for low blood sugar while handcuffed in a prone position
A photo captured by a bystander appears to show a paramedic putting a pool table into the back of an ambulance
The suit alleges that the city, fire chief and a fire department employee were aware inappropriate activities were occurring on city and fire department property
According to the complaint, Denver Health reprimanded employees who spoke out about COVID-19 and systemic racism
According to state health department documents, the medic tested positive for cocaine after being found sleeping in her car while on duty
The Mitchell City Council is considering an ordinance that would replace the role with separate police and fire/EMS chiefs, following the abrupt resignation of the city’s public safety head
Alaska NTSB Chief Clint Johnson said the investigation into the crash that killed Pilot Patrick Coyle, Flight Medic Margaret Langston and Flight Nurse Stacie Morse has been “very challenging” and led to many dead ends
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The La Pine Rural Fire Protection District began charging the St. Charles Health System after seeing an increase in call volume for transfers from its immediate care clinic
Rockport officials plan to have a third party conduct an audit of its services after a majority of firefighters threatened to quit
The man faces two fourth-degree felony charges after the alleged assaults in an emergency room
Police say a man began throwing bricks and jumping on the ambulance while the EMS crew were assisting an elderly patient
Police say Odessa Firefighter-EMT Michael Mack was fatally shot by his coworker, Evan Gaw, after the two rented a campground in Colorado together
Methuen Firefighter-EMT Tracy Blanchette, a 27-year department veteran and the city’s first female firefighter, says a less experienced male firefighter was granted the promotion
Joseph Thuesen was fired as the top administrator of Sacramento County’s fire/EMS dispatch center last year after an investigation into “financial irregularities” and alleged threats of violence
Police say a Frito Lay Cheetos truck crashed into the ambulance, which had its lights and sirens activated, after driving through a green light
The suspect was charged with felony threats of violence and misdemeanor disorderly conduct
Dylan Wilson, a paramedic at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, was placed on administrative leave following his arrest on two counts of sexual exploitation
FDNY EMT Margot Loth claims Capt. Donna Tiberi referred to her as a “calendar girl” in a degrading manner after she appeared in the department’s 2019 Calendar of Heroes
William Michael Fields Jr., 37, was sentenced to 35 years in prison, with the U.S. attorney on the case calling his actions “inexcusable”
A Guardian EMS employee who was cleaning the ambulance at the time had to physically restrain the woman while ordering her to pull over and park
Remy Lee, 31, told EMS providers at the scene, “It was my baby father,” before later succumbing to her gunshot wound injuries
A total of 2,226 union members voted, with 1,444 voting to uphold the endorsement and 782 voting to rescind it; the city’s Black firefighters’ organization sued IAFF Local 22 over the endorsement last week
William Michael Fields Jr., a former constable and firefighter, was convicted in federal court and ordered to serve 35 years in prison
The conflict stems from a legal battle over $16 million in disputed payments
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The bus was stopped and the ambulance was transporting a patient when the crash occurred in 2019; one lawyer said his client, who was on the bus, suffered permanent injury
Police say the man became combative after experiencing an apparent overdose and was found to be carrying a BB gun in his pocket
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