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Essex Insurance Co. v. Miles

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Dec 3, 2010
CIVIL ACTION NO. 10-3598 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 3, 2010)

Summary

finding alter ego allegations insufficient where the sole fact not pled on information and belief was that the individual defendants were the owners of the corporation

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Opinion

CIVIL ACTION NO. 10-3598.

December 3, 2010


ORDER


AND NOW, this 3rd day of December, 2010, for the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum, it is hereby ORDERED that the motion of defendant Raymond Miles to dismiss the complaint (Doc. #9) is GRANTED unless Essex Insurance Company files and serves an amended complaint within fifteen days of this Order.


Summaries of

Essex Insurance Co. v. Miles

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Dec 3, 2010
CIVIL ACTION NO. 10-3598 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 3, 2010)

finding alter ego allegations insufficient where the sole fact not pled on information and belief was that the individual defendants were the owners of the corporation

Summary of this case from Shopman's Local Union 502 Pension Fund v. Samuel Grossi & Sons, Inc.

finding allegation that defendants "failed to observe corporate formalities, intermingled funds, used corporate property for personal expenses, left RMJC grossly undercapitalized, and used RMJC as a facade or alter ego" were "merely a formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action for piercing the corporate veil" and thus insufficient to sustain a claim

Summary of this case from Dadgostar v. St. Croix Financial Center, Inc.

finding allegation that defendants "failed to observe corporate formalities, intermingled funds, used corporate property for personal expenses, left RMJC grossly undercapitalized, and used RMJC as a facade or alter ego" were "merely a formulaic recitation of the elements of a cause of action for piercing the corporate veil" and thus insufficient to sustain a claim

Summary of this case from Nicholas v. St. Croix Fin. Ctr. Inc.
Case details for

Essex Insurance Co. v. Miles

Case Details

Full title:ESSEX INSURANCE CO. v. RAYMOND MILES, et al

Court:United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Dec 3, 2010

Citations

CIVIL ACTION NO. 10-3598 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 3, 2010)

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