City of Riverside v. Symons Ambulance CA4/2
Plaintiff and respondent, City of Riverside (the City), sued defendants and appellants, Symons Ambulance and Symons Emergency Specialties, Inc. (collectively, Symons), for operating ambulance services in violation of the Riverside Municipal Code (RMC). The trial court granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting Symons from operating in violation of the RMC. On appeal from that order, Symons contends the local ordinance at issue is invalid under the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act (EMS Act). (Health & Saf. Code, § 1797 et seq.) It also argues the local ordinance violates federal antitrust law and is therefore invalid. We conclude the City demonstrated through undisputed evidence that it is likely to prevail on the merits of its cause of action, and Symons failed to show the invalidity of the local ordinance. We thus hold the court did not err in granting the preliminary injunction and affirm.
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