September 22, 2023
A woman representing the estate of a man who died after EMTs loaded him into an ambulance without securing his spine is asking the Tenth Circuit for a full-court rehearing of a panel decision dismissing her suit, saying the panel applied the wrong precedent in finding the EMTs had immunity to her claims.
September 07, 2023
The Tenth Circuit on Thursday cleared Ponca City, Oklahoma, and three of its EMTs from a suit alleging they caused a man's death after he suffered a spinal injury, finding the EMTs have qualified immunity over the claims.