Kaites v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• analyzing corporate officer liability for environmental violation under participation theory but holding that requirements were not satisfied
• “Thus, in order for liability to attach the officer must actually participate in wrongful acts.”
• corporate veil may be pierced whenever one in control of a corporation uses that control or corporate assets to further his personal interests
• \He may be held liable for misfeasance but not for simple nonfeasance\
• Public interest requires specific evidence of acts of intentional neglect or misconduct before imposing individual liability on corporate officer for abating a public nuisance under The Clean Streams Law or the Coal Refuse Disposal Control Act.
• equating participation liability with joint tortfeasor liability

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).