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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Mark Pruitt arrested for killing Pulaski Volunteer Fire Department Lt. Jason Adams, 29, who was responding to a medical emergency call
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The 10-year paramedic told police he stole two vials of Dilaudid with the intention of killing himself
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Preservation of evidence and scene documentation can help bring the guilty to justice and also ensure an innocent person is not wrongly convicted
Paul Pelton opened the car door and filmed a dying teen instead of helping
Chief Eric Tade was stabbed in his hand and has a superficial injury to his right leg; a woman has been arrested in connection with the stabbing
Officials are calling for an investigation of the incident and demanding that the police officer be fired for his actions
The move comes after the committee refused to renew the license to practice of a paramedic who disclosed he had PTSD
For one minute and 15 seconds the dispatch center’s phone rang without answer
The female patient accused a Georgia EMT of touching her backside while she was being transported to a hospital
Terry Johnson fraudulently billed the federal health insurance programs for about seven years for transportation services when patients were not transported
The state Supreme Court refused to rule against a law that allowed a Camden hospital to take over EMS services in the city
Tara Lindquist admitted to stealing $120 from the wallets of two teenage brothers killed in the crash
The Williamson County EMS ambulance was left with a large dent in the hood
The hospital has apologized for the incident, but the parents are not satisfied and are considering a lawsuit
Police have released a video of the man suspected of stealing the purse
The driver who ran a red light, causing the 3-vehicle crash, is in a Kansas jail awaiting charges
The 30-year-old UK woman became violent after medics came to assist her and caused $10,000 of damages
More than 5,600 emergency calls failed during the April 2014 outage, including calls about domestic violence and heart attacks
The man’s family is suing the medics and ambulance company for taking the 26-year-old to jail instead of the hospital
A man discharged from a S.C. hospital jumped into an ambulance and drove away with a paramedic still in the patient care compartment
Both rigs were running lights and sirens, but the firefighter driving the ambulance ran a red light
Two employees of the company pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud
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