Peter Espey (Of Counsel-Madison, NJ) authored “New Jersey's Charitable Immunity Act: The Expanding Definition of 'Hospital Purposes,'” appearing in Law.com’s New Jersey Law Journal on August 11, 2026. The article examines the evolution of New Jersey’s Charitable Immunity Act, which establishes a $250,000 cap on damages for nonprofits organized for “hospital purposes,” and grants complete immunity from negligence claims to charitable or educational nonprofit organizations. Peter explores how the New Jersey Supreme Court has expanded the definition of a “hospital,” bringing an increasing number of health care entities that traditionally would not have been considered hospitals within the Act’s damages cap rather than granting them complete immunity. He explains that recent case law suggests that nonprofit health care entities outside the traditional hospital model generally qualify for the $250,000 damages cap but face greater difficulty establishing entitlement to complete immunity. Looking ahead, Peter suggests that the continued evolution of the health care industry may further broaden the application of the Act, observing: “As hospital systems continue to consolidate and offer a broader range of health care services to their patients, the number of entities qualifying as organized for ‘hospital purposes’ will likely increase.”