The Garden City Boxing Club hel exclusive satellite licensing rights for a live

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The Garden City Boxing Club hel exclusive satellite licensing rights for a live broadcast of a boxing atch between Oscar De La Hoya and Fernando Vargas. Luis Dominguez owned Antenas Enterprises, the installer of a satellite account at Mundelein Burrito restaurant. However, Antenas listed Mundelein Burrito as a residence instead of a commercial location. A commercial establishment could show the boxing match only if it was contractually authorized by GCB to do so and if it paid the appropriate fee of $20 times the maximum fire code occupancy of the establishment. Mundelein Burrito showed the event to its patrons. However, because Mundelein Burrito was classified as a residence, it it did not pay the proper fee for a commercial establishment. The Garden City Boxing Club filed suit against Dominguez, the sole proprietor of Antenas, to collect the lost fees from the boxing match. As a sole proprietor, should Dominguez be held personally liable for Antenas Enterprises' actions?

Explanation / Answer

Yes,Dominguez is personally liable for the act committed by the employee of Antenas Enterprises.

Antenas Enterprises is a Sole Proprietorship and Luis Dominguez is the sole proprietor of Antenas Enterprises.

Being Antenas Enterprises, a sole Proprietorship, it doesn't have any separate indentity apart from its Sole proprietor and the sole proprietor is personally liable for the act done on behalf of Antenas Enterprises.

Therefore, for the act of not collecting the appropriate fee from Mundelein is an action for which Dominguez is personally liable to Garden City Boxing Club.

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