Dorothy Were, a volunteer for the Luo Women in the United States Corp. in Maryland, was found liable for wrongfully filing corporate documents on behalf of the organization, enjoined from acting on behalf of the organization and ordered to pay Luo $21,000 in legal fees and $8000 in compensatory damages. On appeal, she contended that she was immune from liability under the Maryland Volunteer Services Act, the federal Volunteer Protection Act (See Ready Reference Page: “Federal law Protects Nonprofit Volunteers”), and the Maryland Torts Claims Act. The Appellate Court of Maryland, in a per curiam opinion, made short work of her arguments in a single paragraph. The state volunteer protection...