corporate privilege in Louisiana

2021App. 5th Cir. 10112110), 51 So. 3d 35, 41 . "[ W] here fraud or deceit is absent, other circumstances must be so strong as to clearly indicate that the corporation and shareholder operated as one." Harris v. Best of Am.

2011A trial court’s finding that the corporate entity should be disregarded is a finding of fact which is subject to the manifest error standard of review. [Citations omitted.] Prasad v. Bullard, 10-291 at pp. 7-8, 51 So.3d at 40-41 , citing Town of Haynesville, Inc. v. Entergy Corp., 42,019, p. 8 (La.App. 2 Cir. 5/2/07), 956 So.2d 192, 197 , writ denied, 07-1172 (La.9/21/07), 964 So.2d 334 .

1997Steele v. Offshore Shipbuilding, Inc., 867 F.2d 1311 (11th Cir.1989) (Corporate defendant is strictly liable for supervisor's harassment because when a supervisor requires sexual favors as quid pro quo for job benefits, the supervisor, by definition, acts as the company); Nichols, 42 F.3d 503 (Once quid pro quo sexual harassment has been established by the employee, the harasser's employer is, ipso facto, liable).

1996Steele v. Offshore Shipbuilding, Inc., 867 F.2d 1311 (11th Cir.1989) (Corporate defendant is strictly liable for supervisor's harassment because when a supervisor requires sexual favors as quid pro quo for job benefits, the supervisor, by definition, acts as the company); Nichols, 42 F.3d 503 (Once quid pro quo sexual harassment has been established by the employee, the harasser's employer is, ipso facto, liable).

1997Cf. Jones v. Flagship International, 793 F.2d 714 (5th Cir.1986) (In order for an employee to establish a quid pro quo sexual harassment claim, the employee must prove respondeat superior, i.e., that the employer knew or should have known of the harassment in question and failed to take prompt remedial action); Tomkins v. Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 568 F.2d 1044 (3d Cir.1977) (Title VII is violated when a supervisor, with the actual or constructive knowledge of the employer, makes sexual advances toward an employee and conditions that employee's job status—evaluation, promotion, contin

1996Cf. Jones v. Flagship International, 793 F.2d 714 (5th Cir.1986) (In order for an employee to establish a quid pro quo sexual harassment claim, the employee must prove respondeat superior, i.e., that the employer knew or should have known of the harassment in question and failed to take prompt remedial action); Tomkins v. Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 568 F.2d 1044 (3d Cir.1977) (Title VII is violated when a supervisor, with the actual or constructive knowledge of the employer, makes sexual advances toward an employee and conditions that employee's job status— evaluation, promotion, conti

1997Steele v. Offshore Shipbuilding, Inc., 867 F.2d 1311 (11th Cir.1989) (Corporate defendant is strictly liable for supervisor's harassment because when a supervisor requires sexual favors as quid pro quo for job benefits, the supervisor, by definition, acts as the company); Nichols, 42 F.3d 503 (Once quid pro quo sexual harassment has been established by the employee, the harasser's employer is, ipso facto, liable).

1996Steele v. Offshore Shipbuilding, Inc., 867 F.2d 1311 (11th Cir.1989) (Corporate defendant is strictly liable for supervisor's harassment because when a supervisor requires sexual favors as quid pro quo for job benefits, the supervisor, by definition, acts as the company); Nichols, 42 F.3d 503 (Once quid pro quo sexual harassment has been established by the employee, the harasser's employer is, ipso facto, liable).

1997Cf. Jones v. Flagship International, 793 F.2d 714 (5th Cir.1986) (In order for an employee to establish a quid pro quo sexual harassment claim, the employee must prove respondeat superior, i.e., that the employer knew or should have known of the harassment in question and failed to take prompt remedial action); Tomkins v. Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 568 F.2d 1044 (3d Cir.1977) (Title VII is violated when a supervisor, with the actual or constructive knowledge of the employer, makes sexual advances toward an employee and conditions that employee's job status—evaluation, promotion, contin

1996Cf. Jones v. Flagship International, 793 F.2d 714 (5th Cir.1986) (In order for an employee to establish a quid pro quo sexual harassment claim, the employee must prove respondeat superior, i.e., that the employer knew or should have known of the harassment in question and failed to take prompt remedial action); Tomkins v. Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 568 F.2d 1044 (3d Cir.1977) (Title VII is violated when a supervisor, with the actual or constructive knowledge of the employer, makes sexual advances toward an employee and conditions that employee's job status— evaluation, promotion, conti

2011A trial court’s finding that the corporate entity should be disregarded is a finding of fact which is subject to the manifest error standard of review. [Citations omitted.] Prasad v. Bullard, 10-291 at pp. 7-8, 51 So.3d at 40-41 , citing Town of Haynesville, Inc. v. Entergy Corp., 42,019, p. 8 (La.App. 2 Cir. 5/2/07), 956 So.2d 192, 197 , writ denied, 07-1172 (La.9/21/07), 964 So.2d 334 .

2011A trial court’s finding that the corporate entity should be disregarded is a finding of fact which is subject to the manifest error standard of review. [Citations omitted.] Prasad v. Bullard, 10-291 at pp. 7-8, 51 So.3d at 40-41 , citing Town of Haynesville, Inc. v. Entergy Corp., 42,019, p. 8 (La.App. 2 Cir. 5/2/07), 956 So.2d 192, 197 , writ denied, 07-1172 (La.9/21/07), 964 So.2d 334 .

2009In Castleberry v. Branscum , we stated that incorporation normally protects shareholders, officers, and directors from liability for corporate obligations, "but when these individuals abuse the corporate privilege, courts will disregard the corporate fiction and hold them individually liable." 721 S.W.2d at 271 .

2009We also stated that "[w]e disregard the corporate fiction, even though corporate formalities have been observed and corporate and individual property have been kept separately, when the corporate form has been used as part of a basically unfair device to achieve an inequitable result." Id.

2009Regional Urology, L.L.C. v. Price, 42,789, p. 8 (La.App. 2 Cir. 9/26/07), 966 So.2d 1087, 1093 .

2007Id.