Legal Opinion

Tennessee Racquetball Investors, Ltd. v. Bell

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided February 21, 1986PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

TODD, Presiding Judge,

Middle Section.

The defendant, Robert L. Bell, has appealed from a jury verdict and judgment of $45,764.65 in favor of the plaintiff, Tennessee Racquetball Investors, Ltd.

Appellant’s first issue is as follows:

I. WHETHER A CORPORATE DIRECTOR WHO DID NOT PERVERT THE CORPORATE ENTITY SO AS TO PERPETRATE A FRAUD, WRONG, OR BREACH OF POSITIVE LEGAL DUTY MAY BE HELD PERSONALLY LIABLE UNDER AN “ALTER-EGO” THEORY TO A CREDITOR WHICH HAS RECOVERED ALL LOSSES PROXIMATELY CAUSED BY THE ALLEGED WRONGFUL ACT.

This issue is interpreted to question whether the evidence, viewed in…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Lowendahl v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1936
  2. Dale v. Thomas H. Temple Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1948
  3. Continental Bankers Life Insurance Co. of the South v. Bank of AlamoTennessee Supreme Court · 1979
  4. E. O. Bailey & Co. v. Union Planters Title Guaranty Co.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 1949
  5. Fidelity Trust Co. v. Service Laundry Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1929

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Southeast Texas Inns, Inc. v. Prime Hospitality CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2006
  2. Schlater v. HaynieCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1991
  3. Robert Thomas Edmunds v. Delta Partners, L.L.C.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 2012
  4. Boles v. National Development Co., Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 2005
  5. Pamperin v. Streamline Mfg., Inc.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 2008

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