COM'R OF ENV. PROT. v. STATE FIVE INDUS.

No. 18543.

37 A.3d 724 (2012)

304 Conn. 128

COMMISSIONER OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION et al. v. STATE FIVE INDUSTRIAL PARK, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided March 20, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kerry M. Wisser , West Hartford, with whom was Nathan A. Schatz , for the appellants (defendants).

Krista E. Trousdale , assistant attorney general, with whom were Matthew I. Levine , assistant attorney general, Susan Gruen , corporation counsel, and, on the brief, Richard Blumenthal , former attorney general, and for the appellees (plaintiffs).

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, ZARELLA, McLACHLAN and EVELEIGH, Js.


ROGERS, C.J.

This case raises the question of whether the equitable doctrine of reverse piercing of the corporate veil is a viable remedy in Connecticut. The defendants, State Five Industrial Park, Inc. (State Five), and Jean L. Farricielli (Jean), appeal1 from the judgment of the trial court holding them liable, after invoking both reverse and traditional veil piercing principles, for a $3.8 million judgment rendered in 2001 (2001 judgment...

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