By Namu Sampath
masslive.com
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — A former worker for a Springfield ambulance service is accusing his past employer of retaliating against him after he reported concerns about its lax narcotic controls.
Springfield’s Nicholas Noto, a former employee of Action Ambulance Service, sued the ambulance company after he said it terminated his position for “reporting regulatory violations and other serious and ongoing concerns that impacted patient care and public safety” to several agencies, including the company’s operations manager.
The lawsuit was filed last week in Hampden Superior Court.
Noto is being represented by Springfield attorney Tani Sapirstein. Sapirstein could not be immediately reached for comment.
This is the second time Action Ambulance Services Inc. has been sued this year. Earlier this year, the company was one of several defendants named in a medical malpractice lawsuit.
Justine Barth, the Boston attorney representing the company in that lawsuit, could not be reached for comment. Another lawyer for the company has not yet been listed in the docket for the current lawsuit.
In court documents, Noto says he reported Action Ambulance’s alleged wrongdoings to Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer, the state Department of Public Health, the state Office of Emergency Medical Services and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Noto says he was promoted to paramedic supervisor in April. His role included, among other things,...
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