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Georgia is the primary shareholder in Acme, Inc., a small corporation. After its corporate certificate was issued by the state, there were no other formalities or documentation. In fact, Georgia does not keep separate books for the corporation, and sometimes combines her personal assets with those of the corporation. If she is sued individually by a corporate creditor, what would be the likely outcome

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Answer: Georgia would likely be liable

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the scenario that have been provided in the question, Georgia would likely be liable because the creditors can end up piercing the corporate veil.

This means that Georgia would be held responsible for the activities of the organization.

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Answer:

The likely outcome would be the judgement debt being settled from her personal assets.

Step-by-step explanation:

Georgia being a primary shareholder in the small corporation, it was expected that she should keep accounts that differentiate the corporation from her personal expenses. Unfortunately such didn't happen.

Since she was sued individually by a corporate creditor, it was expected that the judgement debt should be settled from her individual account which is quite different form the corporate account.

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