Trustees of the National Elevator Industry Pension, Health Benefit and Educational Funds v. Andrew Lutyk

OPINION OF THE COURT

SMITH, Circuit Judge.

On this appeal, the sole issue raised by defendant Andrew Lutyk is whether the record of a non-jury trial justified piercing the corporate veil of the American Elevator Company to impose personal liability on him as its sole shareholder for unpaid contributions the corporation owed to health, benefit, and pension funds established by a collective bargaining agreement. Because we believe that the District Court did not base its decision on clearly erroneous factual findings, we will affirm.

I

Defendant Andrew Lutyk was the president, sole director, and…