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Practice question: Liability of Corporate Officers; Exceptions

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

Can a specific law expressly making an officer personally liable be ignored solely because the corporation has a separate personality?
  1. Yes; separate personality repeals every statute.
  2. No; the law and its factual conditions must be applied.
  3. Only the corporate name matters.
  4. Yes; all statutory exceptions are void.
  5. The officer may select which statutes exist.

Legal references

  • Team Pacific Corp. v. Parente, G.R. No. 206789, July 15, 2020, main decision, corporate-liability exceptions: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/66895

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