TORT IMMUNITY FOR NONPROFIT VOLUNTEERS

Authors

  • ROBERT FLANNIGAN

Abstract

Legislatures in the United States and Canada have recently granted varying degrees of tort immunity to volunteers in nonprofit organizations. These developments lack justification. Defective arguments and political expediency produced the new dispensations. The author exposes the weakness and adverse consequences of the immunity claim.

Keywords:

Tort Law

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Published

2005-03-01

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Section

Legal Commentary