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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.
The federal law that protects coverage of emergency care is the prudent layperson standard, which requires health plans to cover visits to emergency departments based on an average person's belief that he or she may be suffering a medical emergency due to the person's symptoms, not the final diagnosis.