Swinerton Builders v. Nassi
Colorado Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge GABRIEL.
¶ 1 Plaintiff, Swinerton Builders, appeals the district court's order denying its motion to recover the attorney fees and costs that it incurred in successfully piercing Beau-vallon Corporation's corporate veil, in order to enforee a previously obtained arbitration award against Beauvallon's president, defendant, Craig Nassi. As an apparent matter of first impression in Colorado, we conclude that a party who prevails in an action to pierce the corporate veil of a corporation may recover the attorney fees and costs incurred in that action if (1) the action was brought…
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