RCA工殤案與否認公司法人格法理之扼析──評釋臺北地方法院九十五年度重訴更一字第四號民事判決

Analyzing the RCA Case and the Disregard of Corporate Personality: a Review on the Taipei District Court’s Civil Judgment of Case (95)-Chung-Su-Keng-Yi-No.4 [2006]

二十年多年前，被舉發的美商RCA公司桃園廠因長期嚴重污染土壤及地下水，導致該公司員工及當地居民組成自救會，向RCA公司提告侵權請求賠償一案，並向其股東依「揭穿公司面紗」原則，主張應對RCA公司之行為負責。本案自九十三年春向臺北地檢署提出告發開始，經歷十年後的今天，臺北地院更一審RCA工殤案的判決，自救會勝訴，並肯認對Technicolor、Thomson Consumer Electronics （Bermuda） Ltd.等股東的請求，為有理由。因此，相關本案判決與公司法上的論述，本稿聚焦於一○二年所增訂公司法第一五四條第二項的議題。

20 years ago, due to the long-term soil and groundwater pollution resulted from the operation of RCA Corporation, its former employees and local residents established an association and filed lawsuits against RCA. In addition, they claimed that the shareholders should also be held liable for the damages considering the doctrine of piercing corporate veil. This lawsuit started in 2004, which was 10 years ago, and finally the Taipei District Court ruled in favor of the association and confirmed the claims against RCA’s shareholders in 2015. Accordingly, regarding the case and relevant discussion, this article will mainly focus on the Article 154, Paragraph 2 of Taiwan’s Company Act, which was amended in 2013.