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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Jeramy Goodnight is accused of grabbing the handcuffed patient’s head and pushing his thumbs down on the man’s eyelids
Douglas B. Gimson was sentenced to jail time and must surrender his EMT license
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In a separate ruling, the high court struck down a provision requiring large employers to test unvaccinated employees weekly
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An aviation expert said the report confirms speculation that the Learjet 35 business jet crashed while the pilot attempted to perform a difficult maneuver at low altitude
Elizabethtown police said the man was intoxicated and started spitting at the EMS providers before they put him in a spit hood
The child reportedly told a firefighter, a paramedic and hospital staff that he accidentally lit a Christmas tree on fire while playing with a lighter
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Allison Bloom was a co-founder and general counsel of Cambridge Consulting Group
Teva Pharmaceuticals was the only manufacturing defendant left in the lawsuit after other parties settled
Lane Ambulance EMS providers were reportedly attempting to administer Narcan when the patient forced a paramedic to the rig floor
The company said it is cooperating with a Mississippi bureau of narcotics inquiry
Lawyers for former Aurora Fire Rescue paramedic Peter Cichuniec asked a judge to review the evidence linked to 11 charges, including manslaughter and assault
Greg Friese turns the tables by interviewing host Rob Lawrence about how his Royal Army Medical Corps service has influenced his leadership through 30 years of EMS
Chief Thomas Meyers said the man has no ties to the Central Oneida County Volunteer Ambulance Corps, which has newer uniforms
Thousands of miles apart, two public safety professionals point to detailed plans as the reason for their organizations’ disaster response success
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The medical examiner determined Renardo Green’s cause of death was “prone restraint cardiac arrest”
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The rig driver, Kevin Tirrel McCorvey, was arrested and told Fairburn police that he had smoked marijuana, taken Adderall and was drinking before the incident
Medical examiners in Houston had to wait weeks following the Nov. 5 concert by rapper Travis Scott for additional test results before making final determinations
The Rialto Fire Department crew members “insisted the patient had to be brought outside the facility before they could provide any sort of treatment,” police say
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Levi Coleman’s lawsuit claims that the Ogden Fire Department and the city violated the Utah Medical Cannabis Act
The investigation into LifeCare Ambulance’s David Richards is ongoing
First Response Ambulance claims officials violated a town ordinance by allowing another service to operate within city limits
Rutherford County mayor welcomes new director, Brian Gaither, and thanks former leader Carl Hudgens
