Legal Question in Business Law in Maryland

Individual Lawsuit

Can an individual manager of a company be sued in court personally on behalf of a company? For example, an appraisal company has personally sued me, I am a manager of a mortgage company. I am not a principal of the company. I never ordered the apparisals nor did I give any personal guarantee that I would pay for them. The people who ordered them have left and I understand it would be on the company to arrange payment. How can I be sued for this? I have an associate who is a manger at another mortgage comapny and he was persoanlly sued by a printer. Again, he is not an owner of the comapny. He was unable to give me any guideance on the matter as he has not addressed it yet.


Asked on 11/08/07, 2:28 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Sher Wagshal and Sher

Re: Individual Lawsuit

The suit should have been directed to the company itself if it is a corporation or an LLC, or if not to the owner or if a partnership, to at least one of the partners. So you should be able to get the case dismissed against you. If the suit was brought in the District Court of MD, you must timely file the Notice of Intention to Defend which is attached to the complaint. Actually, your employer should step in and arrange for your defense, or better yet, if there is no justification for not paying the outstanding charges, should make payment arrangements.

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Answered on 11/08/07, 2:36 pm


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