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Peete v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson County

In a wrongful death action brought under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 against individual firefighters, paramedics and emergency medical technicians, denial of qualified immunity for defendants is reversed where the district court erred in failing to grant defendants qualified immunity... Read More

Andujar v. Rodriguez

In suit alleging defendant paramedics acted with deliberate indifference to plaintiff's serious medical needs arising after plaintiff jumped from a truck he and accomplices had hijacked, denial of summary judgment to defendants is reversed... Read More

Cleveland v. City of L.A.

The Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime exemption for an employee engaged in fire protection activities does not apply to dual function paramedics... Read More


ZICCARDI v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

Summary judgment based on qualified immunity properly denied, where paramedics moved decedent, who complained of neck injury, without stabilizing his neck... Read More

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