La responsabilidad de los administradores societarios en los casos de actuación plural en el derecho argentino

Abstract

The issue of directors’ and officers’ liability is complex, and gains complexity when the harmful act is performed by more than one manager. The plural attribution of liability can result: because managers form a plural organ where its members act together; they form a plural organ where its members act individually; the plural behavior derived from a delegation of tasks. When directors and officers form a plural organ where its members act together, all of them shall be liable for the damage they cause. When they form a plural organ where its members act individual, liability of each will depend on the participation in the harmful event. Finally if the plural behavior derived from a delegation of tasks must be distinguished: when there was a regular delegation of tasks, there is liability of both managers: delegator and delegate; and when there is a specific function assignment, liability depends on the individual performance of each.