Legal Opinion · Dissent

KENKEL v. PARKER

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided November 24, 2015No. 109,832Published

1Dissent

REIF, C.J.,

dissenting, with whom Gurich, J., joing.

11 The issue in this case is whether a corporate stockholder can incur secondary *1152liability for a workers' compensation award where the corporation failed to provide insurance and has no assets from which to pay the award. The majority holds that the general rule of limited liability shields stockholders from liability for such an award "[ulnless it can be shown that there is a design or scheme to perpetrate a fraud or defeat public convenience, justify wrong, or defend crime." 1 19, Majority Opinion.

T2 The 1989 case of Buckner v. Dillard 1939…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Anderson v. AbbottSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Bangor Punta Operations, Inc. v. Bangor & Aroostook RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. McCain v. State Election BoardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930
  4. Lekan v. P & L Fire Protection Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
  5. Sautbine v. KellerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1966

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