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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EMS providers reported several encounters with the suspect, including one in which he was allegedly carrying a firearm
Other bills still up for consideration include one increasing penalties for assaulting first responders and one that aims for more police accountability
Greenville County Sheriff’s officials say there was a young child in the truck where the woman was reportedly passed out
A forensic analyst found more than 5,200 images and nearly 1,600 videos of child sexual abuse on the tablet
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said the bill would create conflicts of interest in chain of command and budgetary oversight
The family of the man who died in 2016 claims fire department personnel prematurely terminated lifesaving efforts and made false statements
The former Cambria County dispatcher, who is white and the mother of a biracial child, alleges she was fired for reporting harassment
Firefighters needed to break the ambulance windshield to free the two American Medical Response EMTs
The suspect accused of killing Care Ambulance Paramedic David Mimm was initially charged with the lower-level felony of manslaughter
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An off-duty Reading Fire Department paramedic spotted the ambulance and followed it until state police arrived, officials said
Police said the paramedic was rendering aid to the man after he intentionally struck his head on the partition of a patrol vehicle
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot chose Acting Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt to be the first woman to head the Chicago Fire Department
Police said several dozen shots were fired and three patients were “maybe critical”
An upgraded charge was filed due to the suspect’s supervisory role over the EMT
The suspect is accused of pointing the officer’s own gun at him and pulling the trigger
Several witnesses said they saw the woman traveling in the wrong lane and tried to warn her to no avail
The bill would carry a minimum mandatory sentence of 30 years for killing federally funded law enforcement members, firefighters and EMS providers
Why administration of normal saline off-duty constitutes possession and delivery of a controlled substance
The Decatur Ambulance Regulatory Board meeting Tuesday included lawsuit threats, complaints and a dispute over a heart monitor battery
The former Buffalo firefighter-EMT says he was fired under an outdated collective bargaining agreement
The court ruled the deputy violated the Fourth Amendment when he seized the vials on “nothing more than a hunch” that they might be illegal
Cybersecurity experts said a recent ransomware attack on Scripps Health in San Diego is just one example of the growing threat
Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe’s “Gaffen Tötet,” or “Gawking Kills,” campaign warns of the penalties for interfering with emergency operations
The crash occurred as authorities were pursuing the stolen rig
Sedgwick County commissioners said they want to know why nearly 100 EMS providers have quit over the last two years
