California Court of Appeal

In case where plaintiff-police officer was injured while accompanying an arrestee in the back of defendant's ambulance when it hit a curb, defense judgment is affirmed as emergency medical technicians are health care providers protected by the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act, and negligence in operating an ambulance qualifies as professional negligence when EMTs are rendering services that are identified with human health and for which they are licensed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/22/2008
• Published 02/22/2008

Judges

• FLIER, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Randy D. Canister, in pro. per., Law Office of Ted W. Pelletier and Ted W. Pelletier, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Dummit, Briegleb, Boyce & Buchholz, Adam R. James, Darren W. Dummit and Craig Dummit, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent.