CORPORATION LAW
Activity 4
Essay
1. Food Pende Corporation operates a call center that received orders for pizzas on behalf of
Graywich Corporation which operates a chain of pizza restaurants. The two companies have the
same set of corporate officers. After 2 years of, Food Pende corporation dismissed all its call
agents for no apparent reason. The agents filed a collective suit for illegal dismissal against
Food Pende Corporation and Graywich Corporation based on the doctrine of piercing the veil
of corporate fiction. The latter set up the defense that the agents are in the employ of Food
Pende Corporation which is a separate juridical entity. Is this defense appropriate? Explain your
answer.
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