Brevard County Patient Abuse Case Resolved
Brevard County has reached a settlement with the patient who was injured last year when a paramedic flipped him off a stretcher after transporting him to the Weusthoff Medical Center.
The patient, James Slater, filed suit last month against Brevard County and former Brevard County Fire Rescue paramedic Kenneth Hallenbeck. Hallenbeck reportedly asked Slater to get off a backboard and when he did not he flipped the stretcher throwing Slater to the ground.
The incident was caught on video surveillance and resulted in felony charges against Hallenback. He was also fired from Brevard County and was required to surrender his paramedic license as a condition of a plea deal that avoided jail time.
The terms of the settlement were not released. According to Channel 9, Slater’s attorney, Derrick Connell reported that the case was “resolved amicably between the parties”.
