United States v. Park

United States v. Park

"United States v. Park" 421 U.S. 658 (U.S. Sup. Ct. 1975).

This is an important case where the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was able to pierce the corporate veil. The defendant, Park, was the CEO of Acme International. Park had failed to comply with a mandate from the FDA, under the Federal Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics Act, to keep conditions within his warehouses legally sanitary.In the case, the Court found Park liable for the unsanitary conditions that his company had created.The Court held that if someone were to willingly be in charge of a company, and therefore its problems, then they willingly accept the consquences of any illegal practices that their company or organization is involved in. An exception is made if the problem if impossible to fix.

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