407 N 117 Street v. Harper

Summary

The Nebraska Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment for Harper and McGill in the landlord’s action seeking to pierce Planet Group’s corporate veil and impose personal liability for an unpaid rent judgment. Assuming without deciding that veil piercing could reach nonshareholders, the court held that the landlord failed to produce evidence creating a genuine issue that either defendant controlled Planet Group in a manner supporting any recognized veil-piercing factor. The court also applied the summary judgment burden-shifting framework and concluded that the landlord’s evidence required speculation rather than reasonable inference.