Bhatia v. Mehak, Inc.

SENIOR JUSTICE WHITING

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this appeal of consolidated personal injury actions, we consider whether a restaurant business and its “co-owners” are entitled to the protection of a religious organization’s charitable immunity when donating restaurant catering services at one of the charity’s religious ceremonies.

Nakul Bhatia and Natasha Bhatia, then four and nine years old respectively, went with their parents to a religious ceremony conducted by a Hindu religious organization known as Rajdhani Mandir (Mandir). While in a room adjacent to that in which the…