Three ladies decide to go into business publishing cookbooks. They form a corporation, having been told that the corporate form of ownership carries limited liability. They decide not to purchase any form of liability insurance for the corporation because their loss in the event of an uninsured liability loss will be limited to the amount of their initial investment. Is there a fallacy in their logic?

Three ladies decide to go into business publishing cookbooks. They form a corporation, having been told that the corporate form of ownership carries limited liability. They decide not to purchase any form of liability insurance for the corporation because their loss in the event of an uninsured liability loss will be limited to the amount of their initial investment. Is there a fallacy in their logic?

SWFT Comprehensive Vol 2020

43rd Edition

ISBN:9780357391723

Author:Maloney

Publisher:Maloney

Chapter19: Corporations: Distributions Not In Complete Liquidation

Section: Chapter Questions

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