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706 F.Supp. 1442
(Cite as: 706 F.Supp. 1442)
Corporations and Business Organizations 101
1048
United States District Court,
D. Colorado.
Diane GERINGER, individually, and as parent and
next best friend of Tara Geringer, and as surviving
spouse of William Geringer, decedent, and mother
of Jared Geringer, decedent, Plaintiff(s),
v.
WILDHORN RANCH, INC., a Colorado Corporation, M.R. Watters and Les Bretzke, Defendants.
Civ. A. No. 87–F–1213.
Dec. 14, 1988.
Widow and mother of resort guests who died in
boating accident brought action against the resort,
its owner, and others. Following jury verdict in favor of plaintiff, the District Court, Sherman G. Finesilver, Chief Judge, held that: (1) evidence warranted application of the corporate alter ego doctrine;
(2) punitive damages could be awarded against corporation which was found negligent, even though
zero percent of the negligence was attributed to it;
and (3) Colorado premises liability statute does not
apply to act of landowner in supplying chattel to an
invitee.
Ordered accordingly.
See also 706 F.Supp. 1452.
West Headnotes
[1] Corporations and Business Organizations
101
1044
101 Corporations and Business Organizations
101II Disregarding Corporate Entity; Piercing
Corporate Veil
101k1042 Factors Considered
101k1044 k. Domination or control by
shareholder. Most Cited Cases
(Formerly 101k1.4(4))
101 Corporations and Business Organizations
101II Disregarding Corporate Entity; Piercing
Corporate Veil
101k1042 Factors Considered
101k1048 k. Non-observance of corporate
formalities. Most Cited Cases
(Formerly 101k1.4(4))
Theory of corporate alter ego requires plaintiff
to show that an individual consistently disregarded
the formalities of the corporate form and so dominated the affairs of the corporation, in a manner
which injured the plaintiff, that to acknowledge the
legal fiction of the corporation would promote injustice and harm public convenience.
[2]...