Complete Question:
Suppose you are the CEO of a corporation. After attending a business conference in Hawaii, you and some other CEOs you met at the conference decide to relax and unwind with a few drinks at the hotel bar. The hotel bar closes, so you and the other CEOs decide to go back to your room and continue the party. You proceed to raid the large whiskey collection in your minibar. Your memory becomes hazy at this point, but you wake up the next morning and find the hotel room is completely trashed. The hotel sends you a $50,000 bill for the damages. Are you personally liable for this bill, or is it only the corporation that is liable since you are a CEO and the incident happened during a business trip for the corporation?
Answer:
Based on the given scenario, the CEO is personally liable for the incident and the bill of $50,000 claimed as damages by the hotel.
Explanation:
The damages resulted from the CEO's indiscretion. When properly checked, the accident happened as a result of the personal decision by the CEO to relax and unwind with other CEOs and to extend their partying outside the hotel bar. This incident occurred after the main business for the business trip had been completed. It is also an incident that should not have happened if caution was not thrown to the wind by the CEO. Therefore, the CEO should personally bear the liability.
