«[A] ssuming that the allegations are true, Appellant not only
personally suffered harm, but public safety and order were harmed as well,» she wrote.
The court in Rea noted that corporate losses are not shareholder losses, relying on the traditional legal distinction between the two, and further finding that a plaintiff in an oppression action must show some grounds as to why he or she was
personally harmed by the defendants, and that a general
harm suffered by all shareholders equally for a
harm actually done to the corporation can not ground an oppression action.