Superior Transcribing Serv., LLC v. Paul
| Decision Date | 06 April 2010 |
| Citation | 72 A.D.3d 675,898 N.Y.S.2d 234 |
| Parties | SUPERIOR TRANSCRIBING SERVICE, LLC, appellant, v. Joseph L. PAUL, etc., respondent, et al., defendants. |
| Court | New York Supreme Court — Appellate Division |
72 A.D.3d 675
SUPERIOR TRANSCRIBING SERVICE, LLC, appellant,
v.
Joseph L. PAUL, etc., respondent, et al., defendants.
Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.
April 6, 2010.
Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, P.C., Great Neck, N.Y. (Roy W. Breitenbach of counsel), for appellants.
Robert P. Sharron & Associates, P.C., New York, N.Y., for respondent.
WILLIAM F. MASTRO, J.P., THOMAS A. DICKERSON, ARIEL E. BELEN, and SHERI S. ROMAN, JJ.
In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of contract, the plaintiff appeals, as limited by its brief, (1) from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Starkey, J.), dated November 12, 2008, as granted that branch of the cross motion of the defendant Joseph L. Paul which was for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against him, and (2) from so much of an order of the same court dated March 23, 2009, as, in effect, denied that branch of its motion which was for leave to renew, and, upon reargument, adhered to the original determination.
ORDERED that the appeal from the order dated November 12, 2008, is dismissed, as that order was superseded by the order dated March 23, 2009, made upon reargument; and it is further,
ORDERED that the order dated March 23, 2009, is affirmed insofar as appealed from; and it is further,
ORDERED that one bill of costs is awarded to the respondent.
The Supreme Court correctly determined that there was no basis upon which to pierce the corporate veil of the defendant Paul Medical, P.C., in order to hold its sole shareholder, the defendant Joseph L. Paul (hereinafter Paul), personally liable. Paul established his prima facie entitlement to judgment as a matter of law dismissing the plaintiff's cause of action to recover damages for breach of contract insofar as asserted against him. "The general rule ... is that a corporation exists independently of its owners, who are not personally liable for its obligations, and that individuals may incorporate for the express purpose of limiting their liability" ( East Hampton Union Free School Dist. v. Sandpebble Bldrs., Inc., 66 A.D.3d 122, 126, 884 N.Y.S.2d 94; see Bartle v. Home Owners Coop., 309 N.Y. 103, 106, 127 N.E.2d 832). However, "equity will intervene to pierce the corporate veil and permit the imposition of personal liability in order to avoid fraud or injustice" ( Shkolnik v. Krutoy, 65 A.D.3d 1214, 1215, 886 N.Y.S.2d...
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