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PLAINTIFF DID NOT DEMONSTRATE THE CONTINUITY OF OWNERSHIP ELEMENT OF THE DE FACTO MERGER DOCTRINE SUCH THAT THE ASSETS OF ONE DEFENDANT SHOULD BE USED TO SATISFY THE DEBT OF ANOTHER (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, modifying Supreme Court, determined plaintiff did not show that there was a continuity of ownership such that, pursuant to the de facto merger doctrine, the assets of defendant NYP Ag should be used to satisfy a judgment against NYP Management:

“Traditionally, courts have considered several factors in determining whether a de facto merger has occurred: (1) continuity of ownership; (2) a cessation of ordinary business and dissolution of the predecessor as soon as practically and legally possible; (3) assumption by the successor of the liabilities ordinarily necessary for the uninterrupted continuation of the business of the predecessor; and (4) a continuity of management, personnel, physical location, assets, and general business operation” … . …

… [C]ourts have flexibility in determining whether a transaction constitutes a de facto merger. While factors such as shareholder and management continuity will be evidence that a de facto merger has occurred . . . , those factors alone should not be determinative” … . … “[I]n non-tort actions, continuity of ownership is the essence of a merger’ ” … , and is a necessary predicate to finding a de facto merger…  Here, inasmuch as [plaintiff] failed to establish continuity of ownership, it failed to establish that there was a de facto merger between the two corporations … . R&D Electronics, Inc. v NYP Mgt., Co., Inc., 2018 NY Slip Op 04151, Fourth Dept 6-8-18

CORPORATION LAW (PLAINTIFF DID NOT DEMONSTRATE THE CONTINUITY OF OWNERSHIP ELEMENT OF THE DE FACTO MERGER DOCTRINE SUCH THAT THE ASSETS OF ONE DEFENDANT SHOULD BE USED TO SATISFY THE DEBT OF ANOTHER (FOURTH DEPT))/DEBTOR-CREDITOR (CORPORATION LAW, PLAINTIFF DID NOT DEMONSTRATE THE CONTINUITY OF OWNERSHIP ELEMENT OF THE DE FACTO MERGER DOCTRINE SUCH THAT THE ASSETS OF ONE DEFENDANT SHOULD BE USED TO SATISFY THE DEBT OF ANOTHER (FOURTH DEPT))/DE FACTOR MERGER (CORPORATION LAW, DEBTOR-CREDITOR, PLAINTIFF DID NOT DEMONSTRATE THE CONTINUITY OF OWNERSHIP ELEMENT OF THE DE FACTO MERGER DOCTRINE SUCH THAT THE ASSETS OF ONE DEFENDANT SHOULD BE USED TO SATISFY THE DEBT OF ANOTHER (FOURTH DEPT))

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