MORTIMER v. McCOOL

No. 37 MAP 2020 No. 38 MAP 2020.

255 A.3d 261 (2021)

Ryan Fell MORTIMER, Appellant v. Michael Andrew MCCOOL, Raymond Christian McCool, Estate of Raymond R. McCool and McCool Properties, LLC, Appellees. Ryan Fell Mortimer, Appellant v. 340 Associates, LLC and McCool Properties, LLC, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: July 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Byer, Esq. , Pittsburgh, for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al., Amicus Curiae.

Loudon L. Campbell, Esq. , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Harrisburg, for Pennsylvania Manufactured Homes Association, Pennsylvania Apartment Association, NAIOP Pittsburgh, Amici Curiae.

Loudon L. Campbell, Esq. , Casey Alan Coyle, Esq. , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Harrisburg, for Pennsylvania Builders Association, et al., Amicus Curiae.

Laurence M. Kelly, Esq. , Montrose, for Pennsylvania Association for Justice, Amicus Curiae.

John P. Lavelle Jr., Esq. , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Amicus Curiae.

Leah Ariel Mintz, Esq. , Philadelphia, Jessica Ann Priselac, Esq. , Duane Morris LLP, Pittsburgh, for Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, et al., Amicus Curiae.

Joel William Goldberg, Esq. , Goldberg, Goldberg & Janoski, West Chester, for Appellant.

Robert Anthony Burke, Esq. , West Chester, Brian James Forgue, Esq. , Leo M. Gibbons, Esq. , MacElree Harvey, Ltd., West Chester, for Appellees McCool, Michael Andrew, Raymond McCool, McCool Properties, LLC.

Michael T. Imms, Esq. , Ryan, Morton & Imms, LLC, West Chester, for Appellee 340 Associates, LLC.

BAER, C.J., SAYLOR, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

In this case, we examine the doctrine of "piercing the corporate veil," an area "among the most confusing in corporate law."1 On March 15, 2007, Ryan Fell Mortimer was seriously and permanently injured when an intoxicated driver collided with her car. The driver...

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