Legal Opinion
Ciavarella v. Zagaglia
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 29, 2015No. 15992 650776/10PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen Bransten, J.), entered November 27, 2013, which denied plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment to pierce the corporate veil of defendants RLK Ventures LLC (RLK) and Manhattan Stone Imports LLC (MSI LLC) to impose liability on defendant Luca Zagaglia, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
“[P]iercing the corporate veil requires a showing that: (1) the owners exercised complete domination of the corporation in re spect to the transaction attacked; and (2) that such domination was used to commit a fraud or wrong against the plaintiff which…
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