Legal Question in Business Law in California

I'm not sure if "company" and "parent company" are the same, or if there is indeed a parent-subsidiary relationship. In any event, a company can sue its officer or the officer of a subsidiary if the company has been harmed by the officer's tortious or illegal acts. The measure of damages for fraud is generally governed by Civil Code section 3333 covering damages for torts in general, is "the amount which will compensate for all the detriment proximately caused thereby, whether it could have been anticipated or not." There are exceptions, and proper interpretation of the statutory language requires training in understanding the legal concept of "proximate cause," but you get the idea that the damages reckoning can be fairly broad.