LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Legal Newsline) - Allegations of negligence and reckless conduct were filed on Feb. 17 against Little Rock Ambulance Authority, doing business as Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services (MEMS).
The suit was filed by plaintiffs Louis and Kristy Manees in Pulaski County Circuit Court. Louis is a former Little Rock Firefighter who was responding to an accident in February 2018 that MEMS was also at scene at, the suit says.
Louis was helping MEMS responders get a cot from the back of an ambulance. A dead cot battery was sitting on top of the cot, and fell onto Louis right hand.