Worker's Personal Injury Suit Against Goodwill Barred by Statute

New Jersey's charitable immunity statute bars an injured worker's personal injury suit  after the employee claimed that he fell while participating in a Goodwill light-duty work program.The Superior Court of New Jersey's Appellate Division affirmed a ruling dismissing Darryl Martin's personal injury lawsuit in Martin v. Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey, Inc., No. A-6097-06T3, 4/10/08. Goodwill created a light-duty work program with a workers' rehabilitation facility to provide education, training and light-duty employment to disabled workers. Following a work...