Geigo Properties, L.L.P. v. R.J. Gators Real Estate Group, Inc.

The trial court found that the use of a shell corporation to lease a space for a restaurant was not enough, in and of itself, to constitute the type of improper conduct which would warrant piercing the corporate veil after the corporation abandoned the premises and a judgment against it was uncollectible. We affirm.

Reginald Timoteo owns a number of restaurants, through corporations, known as R.J. Gators. The corporation which was allegedly used improperly in this case, R.J. Gators Real Estate Group, Inc. (R.J.), was incorporated in 1995 in order to purchase a piece of real estate. After that…