Private Law Theory

INTRODUCTION
There are several statutory safeguards that protect non-profit organizations and their volunteers, directors, and officers from liability in a lawsuit and cap damages on a plaintiff’s recovery. These protections involve a wide range of topics from premises liability injury to suits for actions taken as directors or officers of non-profit corporations. Overall, the purpose of these laws is to ensure that volunteers, officers, and directors of non-profit corporations have the ability to serve their communities and not worry about a large looming judgment against them for actions they take when acting in those capacities … (more)

Sara E Wolfe, ‘No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Statutory And Common Law Protections For Non-Profit Corporations And Their Volunteers, Officers, And Directors’ (2020) 11 Houston Law Review 32.

First posted 2020-11-10 07:47:58