Hystro Products, Inc. v. Mnp Corporation

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

American Hydraulics, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MNP Corporation, ceased operations without paying the final invoice for goods received from Hystro Products, Inc. Hystro sued MNP for payment of the bill, seeking to pierce the corporate veil of American Hydraulics. A jury found MNP hable on an alter-ego theory. Denying MNP’s motion for a judgment as a matter of law, the district court entered judgment in favor of Hys-tro. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

Hystro is a Wisconsin corporation that manufactures screw machine products. American Hydraulics, an Illinois corporation with a…