Legal Environment of Business 8th Edition by Henry Cheeseman

Exercise 4

Liability of Limited Partners Virginia Partners, Ltd. (Virginia Partners), a limited partnership orga­nized under the laws of Florida, conducted business in Kentucky but failed to register as a foreign limited partnership, as required by Kentucky law. Robert Day was tortiously injured in Garrard County, Kentucky, by a negligent act of Virginia Partners. At the time of the accident, Day was a bystander observing acid being in­jected into an abandoned oil well by Virginia Partners. The injury occurred when a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) valve failed, causing a hose to rupture from its fitting and spray nitric acid on Day, severely injuring him. Day sued Virginia Partners and its limited partners to recover damages.
Are the limited partners liable? Virginia Partners, Ltd. v. Day, 738 S.W.2d 837, 1987 Ky. App. Lexis 564 (Court of Appeals of Kentucky)