Opinion ID: 2521169
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Text: This case requires us to interpret section 13-21-116(2.5)(a), 5 C.R.S. (2001), to determine whether it provides a non-profit corporation with immunity from liability. We hold that it does not. Instead, we hold that the statute protects only those persons who perform volunteer services for the non-profit organization. The trial court granted summary judgment to the non-profit organization, based on its conclusion that section 13-21-116(2.5)(a) shielded such organizations from liability for negligence. The court of appeals reversed, reasoning that the trial court erred by concluding that the non-profit organization in this case had performed volunteer services without compensation or expectation of compensation, a requirement demanded by the statute, because the non-profit received money from the state pursuant to a contract. Gilmore v. Concerned Parents of Pueblo, Inc., 28 P.3d 963, 965 (Colo.App.2000). Though we employ different reasoning than that used by the court of appeals, we affirm its result. We hold that section 13-21-116(2.5)(a) protects people who work as volunteers for designated types of organizations from liability. It does not, however, insulate those organization themselves from liability.