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 man pleaded guilty to felony assault of a public servant and possession of a controlled substance
The EMT has been placed on restricted duty after allegations he padded his overtime sheets to earn pay for unworked hours
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During a transport from a court hearing to the hospital, Abdulla Ibrahim slipped out of his restraints and jumped out of the ambulance
The paramedic currently being considered for promotion to lieutenant is currently under investigation for one of at least five complaints
North Dakota banned the sale of air ambulance subscriptions in 2017
An AMR paramedic was among four defendants in a suit alleging the girl was examined against her will
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The arbitrator said the firefighter gave varying accounts of the incident and failed to contain her emotions during the call
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The firefighters were terminated after they were caught on camera and by a witness fighting each other on duty
Police said the paramedic administered fentanyl and midazolam through an IV to one of the women before sexually assaulting her
The agency’s chief says the NJ DOH had already approved their policy of staffing an unlicensed ambulance with one EMT
AMR Paramedics Paul Besaw and Lahiri Garcia were killed in the rollover ambulance crash in 2017
State law currently permits emergency medical services to be used for humans only
Police said DNA evidence from a sexual assault kit matched the paramedic
The New Jersey Department of Health cited hundreds of instances of unlicensed ambulances running with only one EMT or with noncertified staff members
A woman who took pills with alcohol died hours after paramedics and sheriff’s deputies left her home
A man opened fire inside the packed bus, killing a 51-year-old woman and wounding several others
The ambulance was reportedly stolen from the station and driven east
The arbitrator said the lieutenant’s firing was unfair because three other medics involved in the incident were only suspended
Police say the man stuck the paramedic in the abdomen and ripped out an IV
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