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Students of corporate law learn about the celebrated British case of Salomon v. Salomon & Co. (1897) in which a shoemaker successfully sued a corporation whose only shareholders were himself, his wife, and his children.(Brief article)

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* Students of corporate law learn about the celebrated British case of Salomon v. Salomon & Co. (1897) in which a shoemaker successfully sued a corporation whose only shareholders were himself, his wife, and his children. Well, here is a fellow in Lodi, Calif., taking the principle one step further. Curtis Gokey, a Lodi city employee who drives municipal dump trucks, backed one such into a private vehicle owned by . . . himself. It seemed reasonable to Mr. Gokey to sue the municipality for damage caused by Gokey (employee) to the property of ...

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