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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Tampa Firefighter Andrew Dixon was at the center of allegations of racism in the department last year
Centerton Firefighter/Paramedic Michael Brown stated he administered the drug to a patient after the fire chief noticed a 10 mg vial was missing
Fairfax County police said the suspect had not yet been discharged from the hospital but walked away with an IV in his arm
Nine months after Kansas City firefighter/medic Andy Zuniga was injured, the officer involved in had another pursuit crash
Police arrested the lieutenant and charged him with strangulation during a call in Brooklyn
An altercation between two groups escalated to gunfire
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Paramedic Shaney Warehime was hospitalized on Feb. 11, after she had stopped breathing
Colorado Springs Paramedic Nicholas Fisher tackled Dizmang and placed him in a headlock
EMT Robert Molesk said he felt intimidated by Erie County deputies when treating Robert A. Metcalf Jr.
A fight between teens on a train turned into a shooting on the platform of a Bronx subway station
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AMR officials claim San Bernardino County supervisors violated state law in awarding contract to lower-scoring CONFIRE
Washington County suit states dispatchers sent law enforcement to crisis calls first before crisis workers
Jeff White, Chief Paramedic at Richmond Lenox Emergency Management Service, has been named as the board president
Establishing clear policies, protocols and building trust: PCHD EMS shares their body-worn cameras implementation journey
The authority of Maine EMS to require COVID-19 and flu vaccinations is challenged in the high court
Escambia County EMS union members say leadership has created an unsafe, toxic environment
Devvan Farina allegedly broke into the homes of patients he knew had been transported to a hospital
Milwaukee aldermen are requesting ambulance companies make it a policy to get out of the rig and look for patients
The Phoenix Fire Department is investigating the death of a patient reportedly dropped by firefighters.
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Learn more about the OIG Compliance Program guidance and the uptick in HIPAA-related enforcement activity and lawsuits
The judge called the attack on the Orange County crew the most violent attack he had seen without a death involved
Investigators found a dead goose in part of the Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter flight control system
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Cellphone carriers are now required to send first responders based on the location of the caller, rather than the nearest cell tower
Contractor in Boise hangar collapse that killed three had multiple safety violations in the last 10 years
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