Issue: Under federal law, does ‘piercing of the corporate veil’ constitute a separate cause of action such that a failure to plead it can be held to not provide the defendant with proper notice?
| Area of Law: | Litigation & Procedure |
| Keywords: | Alter ego or piercing the corporate veil; Separate cause of action; Failure to plead |
| Jurisdiction: | Federal, Wyoming |
| Cited Cases: | 297 P.3d 110 |
| Cited Statutes: | None |
| Date: | 02/01/2015 |
Alter ego or piercing the corporate veil is not a separate cause of action. Ridgerunner LLC v. Meisinger, 2013 WY 31, ¶ 15, 297 P.3d 110. Because it is not a separate cause of action all that is required is that the complaint "contain sufficient information to indicate a desire to proceed under the doctrine of piercing the corporate veil." Id. No further information is required to put a defendant on notice of a plaintiffs’ desire to proceed under the alter-ego doctrine. See Ridgerunner, 2013 WY 31 at ¶ 15.
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