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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Edward T. Stevenson allegedly cashed 132 checks from the ambulance service from January 2013 to March 2017
The lawsuit claims dispatchers failed to send help, even though 13 seconds into the call, the 911 system pinged Brian Wing’s location
Darion Bond, 19, stole the paramedic’s keys, wallet and phone at gunpoint before he got into the paramedic’s SUV and sped away
Heather Locklear faced five counts of battery on an officer, one count of battery on emergency personnel and two counts of resisting, obstructing or delaying an officer
The EMT was stabbed seven times in the abdomen and legs and a second EMT driving the ambulance was pepper-sprayed
Justin H. Ryan refused to follow police orders and recorded paramedics treating a patient with his cellphone
If an EMS provider’s diminished capacity prevents them from performing the job’s essential functions or puts anyone’s safety at risk, consider reasonable accommodations
Even when we as healthcare providers must deliver hard truths, there can be an intimacy and a human connection that comes with honesty in the worst of circumstances
Megan Mull cites a “toxic and dangerous environments” as reasons for her departure
Eric Stanke, 34, was arraigned for charges that include possession of a controlled substance and two counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud
Daviess County Judge-Executive Al Mattingly requested a study be conducted on the feasibility of consolidating regional 911 dispatch centers into one center
FDNY officials reviewed the leaked reports on the message board and are confident that the information was not posted by a first responder
The lawsuit states that “defendants acted recklessly and with deliberate indifference in failing to protect Kyle Plush, causing him to suffer greatly before his death”
YouGov conducted a poll revealing that a majority of people believe air ambulance services are critical and should be covered by insurance companies
A Boston MedFlight pilot allegedly fell asleep while transporting a patient from Martha’s Vineyard to a Boston hospital
The FDNY ambulance was passing an appartment complex when its crew heard loud cracks and spotted two spiderweb holes in the passenger-side window
An FDNY employee lost an unencrypted hard drive containing patient care reports made between 2011 and 2018
Department of Labor officials ended an investigation on MedTrust and concluded that the ambulance service violated federal overtime requirements
Quinton Ashley Andrews faces a prison term of 3-15 years when he’s sentenced for malicious assault on emergency medical services personnel
Police officers deployed spike strips to stop Kimberly Vasich after she stole the rig
EMS Consulting Services is overseeing the Delran Emergency Squad after its license was suspended and its former chief sentenced to jail
The 16 people injured in the crash were all transported to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries
Benjamin Shorb, 25, was charged with aggravated battery of a government employee and criminal damage to property
The lawsuit alleged that officers used excessive force against Tawon Boyd and that county EMS erred in injecting him with the anti-psychotic medication Haldol
Department of Public Health officials state that Daniel McCall misrepresented his credentials to teach an EMT class
Joshua Kyle Poindexter allegedly led Gaston County Police on a chase while driving more than 15 mph above the speed limit
National EMS Billing had uploaded a 1,105-page document to the courts’ website, which allows anyone with internet access to see the information
Paul Tarashuk was struck and killed by a vehicle after first responders released him while he was experiencing a schizophrenic episode
The ambulance was transporting a patient when a vehicle hit the ambulance from behind
The EOCC lawsuit states that AMR refused the request of a pregnant paramedic for light duty during her third trimester
