United States Second Circuit

Judgment finding one corporation not liable for the ERISA debt liability of another corporation is affirmed where the underlying relationship between the companies did not establish a sufficient nexus for derivative liability on the grounds of either an alter-ego or a veil-piercing theory.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/04/2008
• Published 06/04/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before:  WINTER, SACK, Circuit Judges, and MURTHA, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jonathan G. Johnsen, Creighton, Pearce, Johnsen & Giroux, Buffalo, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees., Philip B. Abramowitz, Barth, Sullivan and Baer LLP, Buffalo, New York (Jason H. Sterne, Williamsville, NY, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant and Defendants-Appellees.