LaClair v. Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• limiting recovery against corporate officer who failed to insure to the amount the employee would have recovered had he been covered under G. L. c. 152 “given the absence of a statute establishing the measure of damages”
• corporate officer is not immune from liability for acts and omissions which occur while performing corporate business
• “[a] verdict may not be based on conjecture and surmise, and expert opinion does not help if it is demonstrated that it rests on speculation”
• corporate officer is not immune from liability for acts and omissions which occur while performing corporate business
• “With workmen’s compensation, the employee and the employee’s family acquire a limited, though substantial, right to be insured against the grievous financial impact that may result from injury in the workplace”
• “A corporate officer is liable for torts in which he personally participated whether or not he was acting within the scope of his authority”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).