Legal Opinion
K & T Enterprises, Inc., D/B/A Dairy Queen of Blissfield, and Tahani Khoury v. Zurich Insurance Company, Cross-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 9, 1996No. 94-2220, 94-2224PublishedCited by 186 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
When is fire not the enemy of ice? When the 50% shareholder of a failing Dairy Queen franchise in Blissfield, Michigan torches that franchise outlet for profit, and his wife, who also owns 50% of the franchise, is still permitted by a district court upon a jury verdict to collect fire insurance proceeds for the damage caused by the arson. We reverse this decision, which, if left to stand, would encourage individuals to use the corporate veil to perpetrate insurance fraud. 1
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Kareem and Tahani Khoury, husband and wife, purchased real estate in Blissfield upon which they…
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