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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While not a legal requirement like for police officers, firefighters and paramedics may witness inappropriate behavior in the field that necessitates intervention
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The state’s highest court agreed with an appellate court in ruling a man injured in a rig crash can sue the ambulance service
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The medics reported the shooting after seeing a man walk up to a car and open fire in broad daylight
A pursuit ended when police deployed spike strips
Houston County EMS Director Stephen Graybill was charged with one count of theft over $10,000
Paul Peter Lavoie, 52, faces two criminal charges after an ambulance used for training was destroyed by flames
The EMT told police the woman began stalking her after she responded to a medical call for her about a year ago
Police said they witnessed Paramedic Bob Bennett kick and punch the patient
Police are searching for the driver of a pickup truck they say struck the AMR rig and fled the scene on foot
The dispatcher said what she was seeing on video looked “different,” and she didn’t care if the call made her look like a “snitch”
The man also allegedly threatened EMTs and assaulted a sheriff’s deputy
The paramedics said the patient threatened and lunged at them, leading them to flee to a nearby home
Police are searching for the woman they say stole the Anne Arundel County rig and crashed it into another vehicle before fleeing
Matthew Kronyak, a former member of Carlstadt’s volunteer Board of Health, was removed after posting “racist” and “threatening” comments, the borough said in a statement
Houston Fire Department EMTs were inside a hospital when the rig was stolen
Scott Mel Bahner, the former chief of Bucks County Rescue Squad, will spend six to 23 months in county prison
The man who allegedly carried three explosive devices into Stony Brook University was apprehended after the EMT reported him to hospital security
Dontorrius Jaquez Belser was charged in the crash that killed Care Ambulance Paramedic David Mimm
The suit alleges a man died after paramedics failed to treat or transport him
An EMT and three paramedics allege they were subjected to retaliation after speaking out about COVID-19 concerns
Police said they found Matthew T. Perry, 31, chasing the ambulance crew around with his arm bleeding after punching out the windows with his bare hands
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EMS leaders in several cities described challenges with equipment, communications and staff fatigue
Chad Wessels, 48, the former treasurer of George EMS in Iowa, was ordered to pay more than $26,000 in restitution to the agency
The patient was receiving CPR en route to the hospital when the crash occurred
The man is also accused of ramming his car into a smoke shop earlier to steal the nitrous oxide cartridges
The ACLU and other critics have raised privacy concerns about the sharing of patients’ names and addresses public safety agencies
A former Blue Ridge County Rescue Squad captain told police a volunteer told him she was assaulted by Cory Bensen in 2012 but it was never formally reported
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