Case $3$: Corporation

D&J Isley & Sons Contracting Ltd$.($D&J$)$ was a forestry$/$logging company that operated in northern Alberta for more than $90$ years. At one point they employed over $500$ people. Roy Isley was the sole shareholder and Chief Executive Officer of D&J$.$ He was, in essence, the company. In August $2015,$ the brakes failed on one of D&J$$s work vehicles out in the field. The vehicle slid down some steep terrain and crashed. D&J employees were injured, some severely. When there is a workplace accident in Alberta $($and other provinces$),$ Occupational Health and Safety, a provincial government department created under the Occupational Health & Safety Act $($the OHSA$)$ would conduct an investigation, and if necessary, lay charges. Occupational Health & Safety determined that D&J was aware there were issues with the vehicle, but they never properly fixed it$.$ D&J was charged and found guilty of $8$ counts under the OHSA. The penalty issued by the Provincial Court of Alberta was that D&J was required to pay a fine of $$105,000$ plus a victim fine surcharge, and take additional remedial actions. These remedial actions included, amongst other things, having D&J staff attend safety courses, for D&J to enact company policies to enhance safety, and publicly acknowledge what they had learned from this incident.

Source: R$.$ v D&J Isley & Sons Contracting Ltd$.,2020$ ABQB $11$

$3.$By this point, D&J had essentially gone out of business, so in theory the company D&J would not have to suffer the consequences of the judgment. Does this seem fair to you, explain your answer.

$(5$ Points$)$