Legal Opinion

Dawson v. Withycombe

Court of Appeals of Arizona

Decided June 5, 2007No. 1 CA-CV 06-0043Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KESSLER, Judge.

¶ 1 This appeal requires us to clarify when corporate directors may be personally liable to corporate creditors and potential creditors for misrepresentations made by other corporate officers and for constructive fraud. We must also address the scope of the duty of directors to corporate creditors when the corporation enters a zone of insolvency, as well as issues of personal liability for negligent supervision of corporate employees, punitive damages and pre-judgment interest. For the reasons stated below, we vacate the judgment against the appellants and remand for a…

2Cases cited72 opinions

  1. Rawlings v. ApodacaArizona Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Kent K. v. Bobby M.Arizona Supreme Court · 2005
  3. Halberstam v. WelchCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
  4. Wells Fargo Bank v. Arizona Laborers, Teamsters & Cement Masons Local No. 395 Pension Trust FundArizona Supreme Court · 2002
  5. Andrews v. BlakeArizona Supreme Court · 2003

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