· 11/21/1924
Vance v. Dobson
Citations
- 205 Ky. 640
- 266 S.W. 368
- 1924 Ky. LEXIS 204
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- noting that an underlying breach of contract is a “minimum” requirement for a tortious-interference claim
- holding 23 the manager of the LLCs could not maintain a tortious interference with contract claim individually based on agreements between the LLCs and the management services provider
- “Without having identified a contract which was breached, [a party] cannot maintain a claim for tortious interference with contract.”
- “Once the parties have consummated their relationship in the form of a contract, tortious interference with that relationship would be a claim for tortious interference with contract.”
- “If an LLC is member-managed, then the members have fiduciary duties. Conversely, if the LLC is manager-managed, then the manager owes fiduciary duties, but the members do not.”
- “In Kentucky, a stockholder does not owe a fiduciary duty.”
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Judges: Thomas
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