Illinois paramedics, ambulance company sued for man's death after he was strapped facedown

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The family of an Illinois man whose death prompted murder charges against two paramedics who strapped him facedown on a stretcher has filed a lawsuit against them and their employer, attorneys said Thursday.

has filed a lawsuit against them and their employer, attorneys said Thursday.

"We saw it with so many tragedies in America," Crump said, referencing killings of Black men by police, including George Floyd. "It’s just so tragic that now this pattern seems to be spilling over to the first responders, to the EMTs. When you look at that video, the reason it’s so shocking is because they offer Earl no consideration.

A woman who answered the phone at LifeStar Ambulance Service’s office and did not provide her name declined to comment.Experts in emergency medicine have said the Springfield case is a rare instance of prosecutors filing criminal charges against emergency medicine providers. Another prominent example is pending in Colorado, where a grand jury in 2021 indicted two paramedics along with three police officers for manslaughter and other charges in the death of a Black man, Elijah McClain.

After Sangamon County prosecutors filed the charges this month, Springfield police released the videos which show a woman inside Moore’s home telling police that he is in withdrawal from alcohol and hallucinating. Police then call for an ambulance.

 

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