Is a corporate officer or director liable to a personal plaintiff in a claim for wrongful termination of a corporate contract?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Tramway Auto Ltd. v. Kuipers, 2007 CanLII 53245 (ON SC):
The plaintiff seeks a dismissal of the counterclaim against the personal plaintiff on the ground of the rule in Said v. Butt [1920] 3 K.B. 497 which insulates corporate officers or directors acting in good faith from personal liability for claims for termination of corporate contracts, where the conduct complained of was not tortious.
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