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Fern, Inc. v. Adjmi

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 21, 1993
197 A.D.2d 444 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)

Opinion

October 21, 1993

Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, J.).


The IAS Court properly determined that plaintiff had established a cause of action for piercing the corporate veil so as to impose liability for the corporate rent obligations of Crayons upon defendant Adjmi. The record reveals that defendant Adjmi, who had negotiated and executed the lease agreement with the plaintiff on behalf of Crayons, exercised complete dominion and control over that corporate entity, which, as a mere alter ego of that defendant, had no assets, liabilities or income, no regularly elected officers or directors, and no bank accounts, and which had never transacted any business other than entering into the subject lease agreement for which $38,488.37 in unpaid rent was owed to the plaintiff. Further, the record reveals that defendant Adjmi utilized that control to commit the wrong complained of, thereby resulting in injury to the plaintiff (see, Majestic Factors Corp. v. Latino, 15 Misc.2d 329, mot to dismiss appeal granted 8 A.D.2d 594).

We have reviewed defendant Adjmi's remaining claims and find them to be without merit.

Concur — Murphy, P.J., Carro, Ross and Asch, JJ.


Summaries of

Fern, Inc. v. Adjmi

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
Oct 21, 1993
197 A.D.2d 444 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
Case details for

Fern, Inc. v. Adjmi

Case Details

Full title:FERN, INC., Respondent, v. RICHARD ADJMI, Appellant, et al., Defendants

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: Oct 21, 1993

Citations

197 A.D.2d 444 (N.Y. App. Div. 1993)
602 N.Y.S.2d 615

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