Bithell v. Western Care Corp.

Decision Date28 April 1988
Docket NumberNo. 86CA0540,86CA0540
Citation762 P.2d 708
PartiesDean A. BITHELL, Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. WESTERN CARE CORPORATION; Lynn Bithell; Merle E. Lindley, and James R. Knowles, Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, and Paul R. Daraghy, individually and in his capacity as Associate Director, Health Facilities Administration, Colorado Department of Health, Defendant-Appellee. . IV
CourtColorado Court of Appeals
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10 cases
  • Combs v. Pricewaterhousecoopers Llp
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Tenth Circuit
    • September 8, 2004
    ...based upon a hybrid status of shareholder/creditor. Id. The Colorado Court of Appeals took a similar course in Bithell v. Western Care Corp., 762 P.2d 708, 714 (Colo.Ct.App. 1988). There the court carefully distinguished plaintiff's different statuses in to the corporation and rejected a mi......
  • Walshe v. Zabors
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of Colorado
    • April 18, 2016
    ...of loyalty); Equitex, Inc. v. Ungar, 60 P.3d 746, 752 (Colo.Ct.App.2002) (“fiduciary duties are not mutual”); Bithell [v. Western Care Corp. , 762 P.2d 708, 714 (Colo.Ct.App.1988) ] (corporation does not owe independent contractor fiduciary duties); Vitale v. Steinberg , 307 A.D.2d 107, 764......
  • John J. Ellerton, C&J Res., Inc. v. Sefton Res., Inc.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of Colorado
    • December 29, 2016
    ...Directors of a corporation and its controlling stockholders owe a fiduciary duty to the remaining stockholders. Bithell v. Western Care Corp., 762 P.2d 708, 714 (Colo. App. 1998); United States v. Gates, 376 F.2d 65 (10th Cir. 1967). However, "courts routinely hold that a corporation owes n......
  • Ramirez v. The Geo Group, Inc.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of Colorado
    • September 4, 2009
    ...contract is valid and subsisting, and a stranger to the contract has no right to interfere improperly with it. Bithell v. W. Care Corp., 762 P.2d 708, 712-13 (Colo.App.1988) (citations omitted); see also Mem'l Gardens, 690 P.2d at 211 & n. 8 (noting that, while contracts terminable at will ......
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6 books & journal articles
  • Chapter 15 - § 15.2 • THE CONTRACT ELEMENT
    • United States
    • Colorado Bar Association The Practitioner's Guide to Colorado Employment Law (CBA) Chapter 15 Interference With Contract
    • Invalid date
    ...F. Supp. 2d 1035, 1039 (D. Colo. 2008); Jandro v. Foster, 53 F. Supp. 2d 1088, 1099 (D. Colo. 1999); see Bithell v. Western Care Corp., 762 P.2d 708, 712 (Colo. App. 1988); Zappa v. Seiver, 706 P.2d 440, 442 (Colo. App. 1985). Nonetheless, the protection is less than for other contracts. "T......
  • Chapter 15 - § 15.2 • THE CONTRACT ELEMENT
    • United States
    • Colorado Bar Association The Practitioner's Guide to Colorado Employment Law 2022 (CBA) Chapter 15 Interference With Contract
    • Invalid date
    ...F. Supp. 2d 1035, 1039 (D. Colo. 2008); Jandro v. Foster, 53 F. Supp. 2d 1088, 1099 (D. Colo. 1999); see Bithell v. Western Care Corp., 762 P.2d 708, 712 (Colo. App. 1988); Zappa v. Seiver, 706 P.2d 440, 442 (Colo. App. 1985). Nonetheless, the protection is less than for other contracts. "T......
  • Chapter 22 - § 22.3 • ELEMENTS DEFINED
    • United States
    • Colorado Bar Association Colorado Civil Claims: Elements; Defenses and Sample Pleadings (CBA) Chapter 22 Interference With the Performance of a Contract
    • Invalid date
    ...(10th Cir.1995).[23] Id.[24] Runyan v. United Bhd. of Carpenters, 566 F. Supp. 600, 607 (D. Colo. 1983).[25] Bithell v. W. Care Corp., 762 P.2d 708 (Colo. App. 1988).[26] Id. at 711-12.[27] See Integrity Med. Mgmt., LLC, No. 15-cv-02243-RBJ, 2017 WL 395089, at *1 ("Premier's termination of ......
  • A Survey of Outrageous Conduct Under Colorado Law: Part Ii
    • United States
    • Colorado Bar Association Colorado Lawyer No. 28-1, January 1999
    • Invalid date
    ...at 801. Plaintiff "did not allege or prove that the manner of his discharge was outrageous." Id. at 800. Bithell v. Western Care Corp., 762 P.2d 708 cert. denied (Colo. 1988): "Plaintiff and defendants . . . were shareholders in . . . a . . . corporation." Id. at 710. The corporation "acqui......
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