Blank v. Kirwan

Holding that the standard for a failure to state a claim is whether "the complaint states facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action"

Christensen v. Superior Court

Holding that defendants owed duty to close family members for whose benefit funeral services were intended to avoid mishandling decedent's remains

Goodman v. Kennedy

Holding that defendant attorney owed no duty to third parties who relied on faulty advice the attorney gave his clients "in the absence of any showing that the legal advice was foreseeably transmitted to or relied upon by plaintiffs or that plaintiffs were intended beneficiaries of a transaction to which the advice pertained"

Greenspan v. LADT, LLC

Holding the two general requirements to pierce the corporate veil are " that there be such unity of interest and ownership that the separate personalities of the corporation and the individual no longer exist and that, if the acts are treated as those of the corporation alone, an inequitable result will follow."

Leek v. Cooper

Holding "allegation that a person owns all of the corporate stock and makes all of the management decisions is insufficient to cause the court to disregard the corporate entity"

Wyatt v. Union Mortgage Co.

Holding that where the "gravamen of respondents' cause of action is that the appellants committed actual and constructive fraud by conspiring to breach their fiduciary duties . . . Code of Civil Procedure section 338, subdivision 4 states the applicable statute of limitations"

Katzir's Floor and Home Design v. M-mls.com

Holding "mere fact of sole ownership and control does not eviscerate the separate corporate identity that is the foundation of corporate law," noting, "[e]ven if the sole shareholder is entitled to all of the corporation's profits, and dominated and controlled the corporation, that fact is insufficient by itself to make the shareholder personally liable"

Associated Vendors, Inc. v. Oakland Meat Co.

Holding "it is not sufficient to merely show that a creditor will remain unsatisfied if the corporate veil is not pierced, and thus set up such an unhappy circumstance as proof of an 'inequitable result'"

Mid-Century Ins. Co. v. Gardner

Holding that inadequate capitalization or concentration of ownership and control should not be relied on too heavily

Virtualmagic Asia, Inc. v. Fil-Cartoons, Inc.

Listing "numerous factors" considered by California courts in determining whether to apply the alter ego doctrine

Section 22000 - Title of division