Burlington Group, Inc. v. Chardon Lake Inn Restaurant, Inc.

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• knowledge of individuals at a certain level of responsibility is deemed the knowledge of the corporation
• knowledge of individuals at a certain level of responsibility is deemed the knowledge of the corporation
• “Because a corporation operates through individuals, the privity and knowledge of individuals at a certain level of responsibility must be deemed the privity and knowledge of the organization else it could always limit its liability.”
• In the context of a statute requiring a party to disprove knowledge and consent, “[c]onsent is ‘compliance or approval esp[ecially] of what is done or proposed by another.’ W EBSTER’S THIRD NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY 482 (1971

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