ESTRADA v. KRIZ’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Generally, a corporation is regarded as a legal entity, separate and distinct from the individuals comprising it. However, the notion of a corporation's legal entity, apart from the persons composing it, is introduced for convenience and to serve the ends of justice. Accordingly, Oklahoma has long recognized the doctrine of disregarding the corporate entity in certain circumstances. Courts may disregard the corporate entity and hold stockholders personally liable for corporate obligations or corporate conduct under the legal doctrines of fraud, alter ego and when necessary to protect the rights of third persons and accomplish justice. . . . Frazier v. Bryan Memorial Hosp. Authority , 1989 OK 73 , ¶ 16, 775 P.2d 281, 288 (if one corporation is simply the instrumentality of another corporation, the separation between the two may be disregarded and treated as one).”

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   e.g. ESTRADA v. KRIZ

2. “[a] knowing misrepresentation of the truth or concealment of a material fact to induce another to act to his or her detriment. . . . 2. A misrepresentation made recklessly without belief in its truth to induce another person to act. 3. A tort arising from a knowing misrepresentation, concealment of material fact, or reckless misrepresentation made to induce another to act to his or her detriment.”

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   e.g. ESTRADA v. KRIZ

3. “caus[ing] the transfer of the assets of Port City Properties, d/b/a Hodges Warehouse, to other corporate entities that he controls or owns a majority stake in . . . with the intent and purpose to hinder, delay and/or defraud [Estrada] as the judgment creditor . . . .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. ESTRADA v. KRIZ