Ambulance patient filed a personal injury action against city that alleged he was injured by the negligence of a city fire department emergency medical technician (EMT). The Circuit Court granted city summary judgment. Patient appealed.
The Supreme Court of Mississippi held that EMT’s actions as part of ambulance crew that transported patient to hospital did not constitute fire protection, for the purpose of the police-or-fire-protection exception under the Mississippi Tort Claims Act, and thus city was not shielded from liability based on the exception in patient’s lawsuit against city after EMT, who was a member of city fire department, dropped patient while unloading him at hospital.