Legal Opinion
Brown v. Knowles
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 16, 2013No. 6811 S-13613/S-13643PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CARPENETI, Chief Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
The unpaid employee of a closely-held corporation sued the corporation and its president for back wages in superior court. The day after the employee filed suit, the corporation filed for Chapter 11 bankruptey. The bankruptcy court discharged the corporation's debts, and the superior court dismissed the corporation, but the superior court allowed trial to proceed against the president on a veil-piercing theory. A jury found that the corporation was a mere instrumentality of the president, and that the president owed the former employee wages…
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