A trial court in Connecticut has refused to grant summary judgment to the volunteer president of a Jewish synagogue who was sued by an employee for allegedly failing to adequately supervise the executive director who fired her improperly. The Court has ruled that the federal Volunteer Protection Act protects a volunteer from suit for mere negligence, but not a flagrant indifference to the rights of the injured, and that the president failed to eliminate a question of fact on the issue. ( Maisano v. Congregation Or Shalom , Superior Ct., CT, New Haven, No. CV074027175S, 11/19/09.)