While Michael Petrosillo was picnicking at Crab Meadow Beach, he was asked by Jennifer Kelly, a volunteer, to help lift several bags of garbage.
As he rested one of the bags on the ground, a sharp object protruded from the debris and cut the poor guy's legs.
After the Suffolk County Supreme Court denied the Town of Huntington's request to dismiss the personal-injury case, the Town appealed.
Since the Town wasn't liable for its employee's "discretionary acts," the Appellate Division, Second Department, ended the case.
That good deed sure got punished. 
To view a copy of the Appellate Division's decision, please use this link: Michael Petrosillo v. Town of Huntington