· 7/20/1992
Puritan Medical Center, Inc. v. Cashman
Citations
- 596 N.E.2d 1004
- 413 Mass. 167
- 1992 Mass. LEXIS 393
How courts have described this case
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- ratification may be implied where corporation directors have “knowledge of such facts or circumstances as would put a reasonable person on inquiry and which would lead to full discovery”
- ratification may be implied where corporation directors have \knowledge of such facts or circumstances as would put a reasonable person on inquiry and which would lead to full discovery\
- breaches of fiduciary duty in context of separate lease and misappropriation of corporate opportunities
- “Where, as in this case, a fiduciary relationship exists between plaintiff and defendant ... mere failure to reveal information may be sufficient to constitute fraudulent conduct for the purposes of G.L. c. 260, § 12.”
- self-dealing not ratified in absence of full disclosure
- applying Mass. G.L. c. 260, 12
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Judges: Wilkins, Abrams, Nolan, O'Connor, Greaney
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