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DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT DISMISSING THE ALTER-EGO (PIERCE-THE-CORPORATE VEIL) CLAIMS SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED; CRITERIA EXPLAINED (FIRST DEPT). ​

The First Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Shulman, reversing Supreme Court, determined plaintiff did not raise a question of fact about whether the corporate veil should be pierced. The court explained the relevant criteria:

A party seeking to pierce the corporate veil must show “complete domination of the corporation in respect to the transaction attacked” and that “such domination was used to commit a fraud or wrong against the plaintiff” … . Because “New York law disfavors disregard of the corporate form” ,,,===… , “[m]ere conclusory allegations that the corporate structure is a sham are insufficient to warrant piercing the corporate veil” … . Instead, the party seeking to pierce the corporate veil “must establish that the owners, through their domination, abused the privilege of doing business in the corporate form to perpetrate a wrong or injustice against that party” … . * * *

In considering domination, courts consider factors such as “the disregard of corporate formalities; inadequate capitalization; intermingling of funds; overlap in ownership; officers, directors and personnel; common office space or telephone numbers; the degree of discretion demonstrated by the alleged dominated corporation; whether the corporations are treated as independent profit centers; and the payment or guarantee of the corporation’s debts by the dominating entity” … . Cortlandt St. Recovery Corp. v Bonderman, 2024 NY Slip Op 01250, First Dept 3-7-24

Practice Point: The evidentiary criteria for piercing the corporate veil were not met by the plaintiff. Defendants’ summary judgment motion should have been granted.

 

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