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Good Samaritan laws relieve medical professionals from liability for ordinary negligence when they stop and render aid to victims in emergency situations. Under the fireman's rule, a fireman who is injured while putting out a fire may not sue the party whose negligence caused the fire.
By NANCY J. BRENT, RN, MS, JD. The statute of limitations, discussed in an earlier bulletin, is one of the defenses to a professional negligence action. A second, important defense your attorney will scrutinize is if the person filing the suit, the plaintiff, has plead, and is able to prove, the essential elements of the case against you.