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.
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
Teaching points from the ‘malpractice or murder’ case: Action steps for EMS practitioners
Our co-hosts discuss a new bill that recently passed Virginia’s Senate to allow EMS providers the option to conceal carry on the job
Officials approved a $75,000 settlement for a claim filed by the son of the deceased man Bellingham Fire Department staff practiced endotracheal intubations on
Dash cam footage shows semi-truck driver Michael Mack ramming an ambulance that had its lights and sirens on off the highway
Robert Reasonover and Tyler Rathert allegedly logged into AMR’s accounting system and claimed hours they never worked
The lawsuit claims workers waited about 25 minutes before calling 911 after Thomas Becker fell ill, even though there’s a fire station about a half-mile away
Investigations commissioned by Hennepin Healthcare found that its paramedics and research staff acted appropriately in its ketamine study of agitated patients
Five Mad River Twp. Fire/EMS Department responders resigned after firefighter-paramedic Michael Newkirk claimed leaders were intimidating and hostile
Lambton EMS paramedics Blake Smith and Mark Duffy helped defuse an “extremely violent” scene where one officer was injured
The city of Seattle agreed to pay $65.75 million to the family of Brooke Taylor, marking the largest individual personal injury settlement in the city’s history
Police said the Calgary EMS crew was loading a patient into an ambulance when a vehicle struck one of the paramedics
FDNY EMT Ryan Walsh testified in a first-degree assault trial and gave a graphic description of the scene inside the building where the attack occurred in 2016
Why compromise on capabilities when recruiting EMS providers?
Jose Gonzalez, who is accused of fatally running over FDNY EMT Yadira Arroyo, is charged with murder, manslaughter and robbery
Empower through responsibility and invest through insight in your supervisory staff and company culture
Officials said Parks Terry fled from police on a golf cart and locked himself inside a house, where he later attacked a paramedic who came inside
Christopher Hartley was arrested on a child-neglect charge after an 11-month-old ingested his heroin and Xanax pills
Autonomy, leadership, resource commitment and integrative processes bolster successful volunteer EMS agencies
“Detectives are following credible leads to include witness interviews and phone data collection,” Sarasota police PIO Genevieve Judge said
Oak Bluffs Fire Chief John Rose and firefighter-EMT David Smith were driving by when they saw Trooper Dustin Shaw fighting with a driver he had pulled over
A whistleblower said William Watson, who was still in training, did not have sirens activated when the ambulance crashed and a woman was killed
The footage allegedly shows Ricardo Kendle being arrested after attempting to steal an ambulance at a hospital
Two doctors have had their licenses suspended after working together to sell prescriptions through an insurance company they created
Marcel Thomas was being transported to the hospital when he allegedly became aggressive and demanded the ambulance be stopped
Attorney General Chris Carr filed a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors for their alleged role in fueling the opioid crisis
Host Ginger Locke offers tips for active listening and asking thoughtful questions
Ricardo Kendle, who had just been released from jail, allegedly “became irate” and tried to pull a paramedic out of an ambulance
Heather Jacobson was suspended from ResCare Home Care and is under investigation for allegedly practicing beyond the scope of her license
The culture, good or bad, EMS leaders cultivate can make or break an EMS agency
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission draft report has active shooter survival recommendations for EMS, police and school leaders
Peter Graff, a member of the Boone County Fire Protection District, was suspended pending an internal investigation into a problematic social media post
