Scott County is the subject of yet another civil lawsuit . . . although this one is filed in state court rather than federal, and involves the Ambulance Service rather than the Sheriff’s Department.

In a 12-page document filed in Circuit Court last week, Memphis attorney Andrew C. Clarke and Knoxville attorney Stephen A. Burroughs are representing Emily Bauswell, who claims that an accident by EMTs caused the death of her husband, former Trinity Church of God pastor James Robert Bauswell.

Bauswell, 66, died in February at St. Mary’s of Scott County. According to the lawsuit, he was being transported from his home to a doctor’s appointment by the Ambulance Service on Dec. 31. But Bauswell was not properly fastened to a gurney and was dropped onto the ground, the lawsuit alleges.

The lawsuit goes on to allege that paramedics drove Bauswell on to his doctor’s appointment, where his physician ordered him to be transferred to St. Mary’s of Scott County ER for treatment. Allegedly, he was diagnosed with multiple broken ribs, and was released from the hospital the following day.

On Jan. 7, Bauswell’s physician allegedly noticed that lacerations on his arm said to be caused by the fall were “oozing blood and not healing well, and that Mr. Bauswell was at risk for developing pneumonia due to his rib fractures,” and that he “now needed assistance with all activities of daily living.”

The warrant alleges that Bauswell’s condition began to deteriorate “as a result of being negligently dropped” from the gurney, to the point that on Feb. 2 his family was unable to wake him and called 911. At the ER, Bauswell was said to have been diagnosed with pneumonia and renal failure. He died eight days later.

Emily Bauswell is seeking $2 million in damages.