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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The arbitrator said the firefighter gave varying accounts of the incident and failed to contain her emotions during the call
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The firefighters were terminated after they were caught on camera and by a witness fighting each other on duty
Police said the paramedic administered fentanyl and midazolam through an IV to one of the women before sexually assaulting her
The agency’s chief says the NJ DOH had already approved their policy of staffing an unlicensed ambulance with one EMT
AMR Paramedics Paul Besaw and Lahiri Garcia were killed in the rollover ambulance crash in 2017
State law currently permits emergency medical services to be used for humans only
Police said DNA evidence from a sexual assault kit matched the paramedic
The New Jersey Department of Health cited hundreds of instances of unlicensed ambulances running with only one EMT or with noncertified staff members
A woman who took pills with alcohol died hours after paramedics and sheriff’s deputies left her home
A man opened fire inside the packed bus, killing a 51-year-old woman and wounding several others
The ambulance was reportedly stolen from the station and driven east
The arbitrator said the lieutenant’s firing was unfair because three other medics involved in the incident were only suspended
Police say the man stuck the paramedic in the abdomen and ripped out an IV
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Witnesses said the ambulance did not have its sirens on, ran a red light and was going nearly 20 miles per hour over the speed limit
Authorities say the narcotics were ordered and paid for through the agency by the ex-director but never used for EMS purposes
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The city is asking a judge to reverse the decision of an arbitrator that reinstated the firefighter, who is facing felony charges
Three suspects were taken into custody after the apparently targeted drive-by shooting
Dr. Heather Davis, associate director of the UCLA Center for Prehospital Care, was appointed as board chair for the National Registry of EMTs
A judge said the former treasurer and EMT must pay back the amount she improperly spent and the cost of a state audit
Arson is suspected in the blast at the home owned by Karen Hill, who claimed self-defense in the shooting of Paramedic Rodney Gilmer
Court documents say John Kapoor personally approved bribes for doctors who abusively prescribed opioids
According to a memo by the supervisor he claimed harassed him, the medic broke Florida law in five cases, two of which resulted in death
The former official is suing the ambulance company, claiming he was fired for raising concerns about improper Medicare billing
The Milwaukee Fire Department ambulance was backing into the station when it was struck
Former Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Director Glenn M. Cannon, 71, died Monday after a decades of service in EMS and public safety
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