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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Attorneys for the 19-year-old shooting victim’s mother say the city had no plan for delivering emergency services to the zone before allowing it to be occupied by protesters
The family of Hirschell Fletcher Jr., who died after an assault in 2016, will be allowed to continue their lawsuit against the two firefighter-medics
11 were transported in private vehicles to local hospitals
The woman, who is also accused of kicking a police officer and attempting to spit on first responders, was arraigned last week in relation to the May incident
Officials say the man swindled local businesses while posing as an EMS lieutenant, complete with a fake uniform and badge
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Police say an intoxicated man assaulted the EMS providers and broke the window of a squad car
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Two people inside the ambulance were injured and witnesses said they saw the driver of the other vehicle exit with a head injury
The city is denying more than $600,000 to the company after an inspector general’s investigation
Police say the woman became combative with family members who were trying to give her Narcan
Police say the man repeatedly stated that he had HIV during the incident and spat “brownish-red” saliva onto the firefighter-paramedic’s arm
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Glenn Stephens, 63, was ordered to be treated at a secure psychiatric facility after allegedly punching an EMT in the groin last year
A 60-year-old woman is suspected of driving while intoxicated in the crash that seriously injured Joachim-Plattin Paramedic Erik Bedwell and Capt. Greg Maguire
Police say the Tesla was possibly on “Autopilot” at the time of the crash and are investigating whether the driver was drunk
Police say a suspect launched the metal ball bearing using a slingshot-type device and was armed with a crowbar, a knife, flares and possible pyrotechnics
Threats were allegedly made against Cole County officials after the county switched to a Canadian ambulance manufacturer
The paramedic trainee claims the firefighter groped and made lewd remarks toward him, and that other firefighters tried to cover up the incident
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The driver of another vehicle involved in the crash was arrested on suspicion of DWI
The Escambia County EMTs responding to a call about heat stress recognized the patient from a missing persons notice
Officials say the lieutenant was responding to a motorcycle collision
The lawsuit states netting should have been set up to protect the paramedic, who suffered a traumatic brain injury during the 2019 ALCS
Police say the suspect told the owner of the car he needed to move it for an emergency
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