James v. Loran Realty V Corp.
Decision Date | 29 November 2012 |
Citation | 956 N.Y.S.2d 482,980 N.E.2d 532,2012 N.Y. Slip Op. 08176,20 N.Y.3d 918 |
Parties | Kayla JAMES, etc., et al., Appellants, v. Loran Realty V Corp., Defendant, Frank Palazzolo, et al., Respondents. |
Court | New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
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Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo P.C., New York City (Brian J. Shoot of counsel), for appellants.
Hass & Gottlieb, Scarsdale (Lawrence M. Gottlieb of counsel), for Frank Palazzolo, respondent.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs, and the certified question answered in the affirmative.
Plaintiffs, as the party seeking to pierce the corporate veil, had the burden to show that the individual defendants “abused the privilege of doing business in the corporate form to perpetrate a wrong or injustice against” them (Matter of Morris v. New York State Dept. of Taxation & Fin., 82 N.Y.2d 135, 141, 603 N.Y.S.2d 807, 623 N.E.2d 1157 [1993] ). Plaintiffs did not meet this burden, inasmuch as they failed to produce evidence that the individual defendants took steps to render the corporate*483defendant insolvent in order to avoid plaintiffs' claim for damages or otherwise defraud plaintiffs.
On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.11 of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.11), order affirmed, with costs, and the certified question answered in the affirmative, in a memorandum.
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