Roka, LLC v. Hing Lam

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Debra A. James, J.), entered April 23, 2014, which, to the extent appealed from, following a nonjury trial, dismissed plaintiffs cause of action seeking to pierce the corporate veil and hold defendants Hing Lam and Chester Chen (defendants) personally liable for unpaid rents, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

While defendants did not observe all corporate formalities, the fact that they ran a real business, with employees, customers and vendors, and that all of the company’s debts were paid while they owned the company, supported the trial court’s…