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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A termination letter said that Josh Grenada recorded the patient on his phone and then shared it with colleagues
Police said they found Deanna Reyneveld crawling on the floor and swinging her arms “like a small child”
John Brophy was fired after falling asleep during a 2005 call about an infant who was not breathing
Jason Laut was convicted of wire fraud, falsifying narcotics logs, aggravated identity theft and tampering with fentanyl
Police said Michael Amedeo, Michael Downs and Cody Wages went to Amedeo’s former home and attacked his wife and her male friend
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An attorney said employees followed proper procedures between the air conditioner losing power on Sept. 10 and when the deaths began Sept. 13
Capt. Tim Goodman was suspended in May after posting more than 100 allegedly racist posts on Facebook
Lori Rambo, a 10-year veteran paramedic, had her purse and cellphone stolen while responding to a call
The patient said Julio Lizarazo touched her inappropriately on the way to a hospital and later while she was in her hospital room
A nurse said she rushed to the man’s room and took over CPR, keeping it up until paramedics arrived; the video shows a different story
Justin Nelson was charged with a DUI after he almost hit the ambulance with his Ford F-250 that was hauling a camp trailer
Three years ago, a drunk driver hit an Allina Health ambulance head-on, seriously injuring two EMS providers and a patient on board
Alisha Coleman, who worked in a 911 call center for nearly a decade, said she was fired after she unexpectedly got her menstrual cycle at work
Jack Talbot spent 13 days in a coma after an intoxicated carjacker hit him while driving on the wrong side of the road during a police chase
Janee Wright-Trussell pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter, and EMT Ann Marie Thomas will face trial for willful neglect of duty
Police said the driver changed his mind after calling for an ambulance and refused to get out of his truck
April Briscuso was arrested on suspicion of stealing more than $750 meant for former Officer Craig Tudor
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The man told a dispatcher he was carjacked at knife-point, but then later said he couldn’t remember where he parked
Christopher Langer, who was recently revived after a heroin overdose, said he was looking to “get even” by hurting first responders
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Megan Erdley said Chief James Blount had a “discriminatory desire to remove all women from the ranks of the paid staff of firefighters”
ORNGE’s failure to provide night-vision goggles for the pilots killed in a helicopter crash was deemed not negligent by a judge
Emergency Medical Services Locals 2507 and 3621 are suing for information on pay history, accusing the city and fire department of withholding information
David Knight was arrested after an investigation that was sparked when Hamlet Rescue and Emergency Medical Services noticed “some discrepancies” in their finances
An unidentified woman said she felt victimized by the responders who were supposed to be helping her husband during a medical emergency
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Adam Zaharick, who was charged with stealing an ambulance, faces charges for allegedly head-butting a correctional officer and hitting another officer
Officials said 28 Wisconsin counties sued pharmaceutical companies, as well as doctors, for fraudulent marketing of prescription painkillers
