{"id":7054,"date":"2019-02-20T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-20T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/?p=7054"},"modified":"2019-02-19T12:40:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T12:40:00","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-finds-that-emergency-medical-team-is-not-entitled-to-immunity-for-non-emergency-medical-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-finds-that-emergency-medical-team-is-not-entitled-to-immunity-for-non-emergency-medical-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Finds That Emergency Medical Team is not Entitled to Immunity for Non-emergency Medical Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a divided First District Appellate Court decision, it was found that a private ambulance company cannot get the benefit of immunity given to emergency vehicles for a collision its medic allegedly caused. The appeals panel found that because the defendant, Joshua M. Nicholas, wasn&#8217;t transporting a patient in his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifelineamb.com\">Lifeline<\/a> ambulance at the time he collided with the plaintiff, Roberto Hernandez, Nicholas and Lifeline were not immune from liability under state law.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1226&amp;ChapterID=21\">State Emergency Medical Services Systems Act<\/a> immunizes ambulatory agencies and their employees if they&#8217;re providing emergency or non-emergency medical services. The Illinois Supreme Court in Wilkins v. Williams, 2013 IL 114310 held that &#8220;non-emergency medical services&#8221; included the non-emergency transport of a patient.<\/p>\n<p>Nicholas was on his way to pick up a patient in Villa Park when he collided with Hernandez&#8217;s car on March 11, 2016 while exiting the upper lanes of Lake Shore Drive in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Streeterville\">Streeterville<\/a>. As a result, state law did not &#8220;provide Nicholas or Lifeline with immunity from liability for any negligent acts or omissions which proximately resulted in damages to the plaintiff.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-finds-that-emergency-medical-team-is-not-entitled-to-immunity-for-non-emergency-medical-services\/#more-7054\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a divided First District Appellate Court decision, it was found that a private ambulance company cannot get the benefit of immunity given to emergency vehicles for a collision its medic allegedly caused. The appeals panel found that because the defendant, Joshua M. 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