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The daughters of a Mississippi woman who waited an hour for an ambulance to arrive have filed suit against American Medical Response, Hinds County, and the city of Jackson for wrongful death. Tameka Dinkins and Rosalind Yarber filed suit in Hinds County Circuit Court over the death of their mother, Elizabeth Neal.

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A Pennsylvania ambulance driver pled guilty this week to homicide charges related to a vehicle accident that resulted in the deaths of two people, including his passenger-patient. On Monday, Jeffrey R. Gable, of the Trust Ambulance pled guilty to two counts of involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment, aggravated assault by vehicle, and three summary traffic violations.

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A woman who claims she lost her unborn child while being transported on a stretcher by a Los Angeles City Fire Department ambulance crew has filed suit against the LAFD, the involved personnel and the property owner where the incident took place.

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A man who leaped out of the back of a moving FDNY ambulance is now suing the city, FDNY and EMS personnel for his injuries. Yaugeni Kralkin, claims that EMS personnel did not do enough to restrain him as he was being transported to the hospital. Kralkin admits he had been drinking heavily.

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Las Vegas Fire & Rescue is facing two federal lawsuits alleging the city’s EMS dispatch policy was responsible for the deaths of two victims in 2014. The suits were brought on behalf of John Benjamin Kraai and Brandon Charles Pickford and allege substantially the same thing: the failure to dispatch American Medical Response (AMR) units in both instances led to their deaths.

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A fire department in upstate New York has been sued following the death of a high school football player from injuries he sustained in a game. Damon James, 16, died on September 16, 2013 and according to the suit, the fire department refused to bring an ambulance onto the field “putting concerns about property damage ahead of the lives and safety of student athletes.”

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A law suit filed by a motorist whose car was struck by an ambulance has been settled just two weeks after the ambulance company turned over a dash cam video showing the medic-driver nodding off just prior to the collision. ...

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A Minnesota man who was arrested in 2012 for videotaping an EMS crew treating a patient, has been acquitted by a Ramsey County jury.

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A woman who claims she suffered burns from an unknown chemical sprayed by a Columbus (OH) Fire Division ambulance has filed suit against the city. Maureen Koeppen claims she was riding in a convertible on August 6, 2013 when a ...

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The relatives of a man who died while waiting for an ambulance on January 1, 2013, have filed a $12 million wrongful death lawsuit against DC Fire & EMS. Durand Ford Sr. died after waiting 30-40 minutes for an ambulance ...

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An innocent man sat in a Southern California jail for five months because EMS personnel who transported him to the hospital inadvertently deposited his DNA at a murder scene they later responded to. The unbelievable story of the arrest and ...

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A New Orleans store clerk who placed a parking boot on an idling ambulance while its personnel were treating a patient in the store, is facing criminal charges. He is also looking for a new job. Ahmed Sidi Aleywa worked ...

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A Virginia EMT who was involved in a fatal ambulance accident in May has been found guilty of improper driving, but has avoided several more serious charges. Justin Kidd, 25, was driving a Campbell County ambulance on May 3, 2012 ...

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A turf battle between rival ambulance companies  has turned deadly in Puerto Rico where two paramedics stand accused of murdering a competitor who allegedly “stole” one of their patients. Luis Deida Martinez, 31, was shot dead on Wednesday as he ...

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