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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Personnel feel unrecognized, many do not trust agency leaders and few are willing to recommend their career to others. How can we fix this?
Our cohosts, shocked by the bodycam footage in the case of the Ill. EMTs charged with murder, discuss how apathy can develop and how leaders can prevent it
A court found that EMT Brandon Dorsa endured psychological and emotional injuries following an ambulance crash as well as developed a drug addiction to pain medication
Gina Blackburn began assaulting paramedics both times EMS providers performed a sternum rub to wake her up after she allegedly passed out in a restaurant
Mad River Twp. Fire and EMS lost 12 experienced employees this week following the announcement that no changes in fire leadership were going to take place
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Alaa Saade alleges that his EMT captain had a known “hit list” of minority employees to discipline with the intent they would be terminated
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Joseph Thuesen and one other unidentified employee were put on paid administrative leave April 12, while the Center’s board of governors investigates alleged “accounting irregularities”
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A paramedic was responding to a call about a patient experiencing flu-like symptoms when she stopped to purchase a pair of sunglasses
The violent and bizarre incident brought to light the inherent inefficiencies of the city’s antiquated 911 emergency call system
After discovering two young girls were dead, first responders attempting to treat the father were frightened by his demeanor and conversation
Matthew Alexander Vancamp, 31, was convicted of reckless driving following a three-day trial
Matthew A. Vancamp was driving the ambulance transporting Samantha Lehmann, when it slammed into the back of a stalled tanker truck carrying cranberry juice
Susanna G. Battig, 28, received a sentence that includes 40 hours of community service and $1,500 in restitution
Adam LaFlash, 36, of Sturbridge, was arraigned in Dudley District Court Monday on three counts of incident assault and battery on a person over 14
The bill would change assaults from misdemeanor offenses to felonies, punishable by up to five years in prison
When police arrived, Datrielle Y. Wright, 29, was sitting in the driver’s seat of the ambulance, gripping the steering wheel and refusing orders to come out
A patient running from police at Grand Stand Medical Center jumped into an ambulance and took off with three people in the back
Dorothy Dennis, 71, was charged with the theft of $18,487 from both the ambulance association and the relief association
When he was released from the hospital, the man was arrested for unauthorized possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia
Michael Senisch is suing AtlanticCare for wrongful termination after he practiced holistic medicine on a patient who refused traditional treatment
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The student immediately complained to her parents and police after the firefighter allegedly made lewd comments and touched her during dinner at the firehouse
According to her attorney not all stations complied with federal law regarding pumping rooms
Ashley Ulibarri, 25, faces a charge of unlawful taking of the motor vehicle
The man convinced members of Dallas Fire-Rescue to take him on a ride-along, and was previously arrested in 2013 for stealing a firefighter uniform
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