Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Idaho

I don't know but I have some thoughts.

There are in some states laws which help non-profits, but I don't know much about them. I think you have to be careful.

But, I wonder, do you really care if the non-profit itself getssued? Presumably since you have no profit, you don't at any onetime have enough cash accumulated to make a lawyer want to takethe case.

The real question is whether you personally could be sued, isn't it?Or is it? Tell me.

I doubt a non-profit organization cloaked around you will provide thatmuch protection.

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Does your state have a cap on charitable orgs?

In Massachusetts, there is a cap on orgs organized for a charitable purpose, for an educational purpose. Hospitals, universities, Boys & Girls Clubs . . . benefit by protection from that statute. Does your state have one?About 5-8 years ago, I represented a child who had been taken by the B&GC to a private beach with a group of children. The place was in terrible disrepair. One of the rungs on the ladder leading to the diving board literally let go when my client was climbing up on it. He was badly injured, and lost front teeth. Because of his age, dentists would not give him artificial ones, because his mouth was still growing. As a result, he was ridiculed by schoolmates. Because the club had been very generous to the child -- letting him be a member without having to pay, letting him go on trips without charge -- people running the Club knew his parents were druggies and felons -- I didn't want to sue them, but it was a way to keep ready access to the counselors who took the kids on the trip and who could have described the conditions at the rundown dock. They were indeed negligent. Should have checked out the place first. Eventually we settled with the Club for a small amount. I had told parents the Club could riup them apart on the stand -- given the records of dad, particularly.

So you should have insurance. You never know when you will be sued. Yes there will be other attys like myself who will not seek lots of money, but the nuisance, the cost of the nuisance of having to have your staff available for depos,e etc. is expensive. Well, good luck. Check it all out with local atty.