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 owner says he’s being treated unfairly by the city after testifying in court that firefighters needed more than a 48-hour training course to become paramedics
“I’m very truly sorry if I scared or frightened anyone; that was not my intention,” medic Ron Miller said
He told employees at his son’s school that he had a gun; he said he was there to test school security and staged his own impromptu active shooter drill, a month after the Sandy Hook shooting
He and his wife stole $240K from the nonprofit by overpaying themselves and using the company credit card for personal expenses
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She will be sentenced in September for charges that stem from submitting unnecessary Medicare claims
He was charged with prescription fraud but says the detective unlawfully gathered information
The $3.1M lawsuit says she suffered brain damage after doctors let hours pass before treating her with clot-busting medication, and instead gave her Ativan
Lt. Kellene Davis’ retirement was approved before she could face punishment after a man suffered a heart attack and died across the street from a firehouse
Medications were stolen in five break-ins over a week in March; this latest theft was from boxes used to replenish supplies
Investigators haven’t found evidence confirming a witness’ claim that the truck was on fire before it crossed the median and collided with the bus, killing 10
A 22-year-old woman fell and was knocked unconscious at a 2011 holiday party; she woke up in an ambulance and felt her breast being rubbed and her vagina being touched
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They were on their lunch break when a restaurant worker had a fatal asthma attack; a judge dismissed the case because the unconscious woman did not request medical attention for herself
Fire commissioner: “If you want to be union, grab your stuff and go somewhere else guys, because it (isn’t) going to work in Williston”
Witnesses said they had not seen the accident but “only saw a male standing next to the female who soon thereafter left”
Investigators are confident the fire was unintentional, but they have not decided whether anyone will face charges
The 80-year-old woman was pronounced dead from a heart attack; morticians later found her body face down with bruises and determined she woke up and injured herself trying to free herself from the body bag
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The employee was fired, and there’s an ongoing police investigation into voyeurism in the area
The county has proposed cutting about $2.3 million over the next three years, freezing payments to 18 fire departments and eventually caping EMS budget increases
He apologized in court to a former employee for nearly five years of racial slurs he made at work
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He’s faces possible jail time for stealing more than $1,500 of fentanyl and morphine between August 2012 and August 2013 while working as an ambulance medic
Rumors spread that he authorized an MCI vehicle to shuttle guests to and from a fire chief’s wedding
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Defunct DEMSI owes its employees a total of $48K, and a court ruled they will receive the past-due wages
