Volunteers are vital to our society. Diverse in their activities, volunteers donate their time and energy to such fields as social service, the arts, parks and recreation, health care, justice, religion, education, agriculture, and politics. Volunteers have always been an integral part of our society,' but in recent years volunteering has become the subject of increasing public and political attention. As communities face the challenge of providing services and enhancing the quality of life in a time of reduced government spending, volunteers serve as an important resource.2 The growing influence of volunteerism3 raises a variety of important legal issues.4 This Comment will focus on the vicarious liability of organizations for injuries caused by their volunteers. According to the limited number of courts that have addressed this issue, organizations are liable for the torts of their volunteers to the same extent that they are liable for the torts of their salaried employees.5 Although this position is particularly burdensome to organizations that do not have close control over their volunteers,6 the imposition of liability is justified because the tort system can properly encourage organizations to develop better volunteer management practices. Undermining this encourage-