Durrant v. Quality First Marketing, Inc.

WALTERS, Chief Judge.

Ignazio Ugenti, the sole director, shareholder and employee of Quality First Marketing (QFM), and QFM appeal from a district court order denying Ugenti’s “motion for directed verdict” based on the doctrine of res judicata in an action to pierce QFM’s corporate veil.1 For the reasons explained below, we affirm.

*559FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In May 1991, Ignazio Ugenti contacted David Durrant, and requested that Durrant sell pinto beans to QFM. Durrant subsequently sold one truck load of beans to QFM and was paid for that load. He then sold four more truck loads of beans to…