Baker v. CEDARWOOD ASSOCIATES, TERRACORP, INC.

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• holding that the alter-ego theory should be used only when retaining separate “personalities would promote fraud, wrong, or injustice or contravene public policy”
• holding that control, in and of itself, is not sufficient. It is necessary to show that the retention of separate corporate personalities would promote fraud, wrong or injustice, or would contravene public policy
• noting that piercing the corporate veil is normally only allowed where retaining separate corporate entities would result in fraud, wrong or injustice or would contravene public policy
• Rejecting the alter-ego theory because “ ‘piercing the corporate veil’ is not a doctrine to be applied without substantial reflection.”
• “However, ‘piercing the corporate veil’ is not a doctrine to be applied without substantial reflection.”

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