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Burgos v. Pulse Combustion, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 23, 1996
227 A.D.2d 295 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)

Opinion

May 23, 1996

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Bronx County (Anne Targum, J.).


The IAS Court correctly found issues of fact bearing upon appellant's possible "mere continuation" and "consolidation or merger" successor liability ( see, Schumacher v. Richards Shear Co., 59 N.Y.2d 239, 245). Evidence tending to support successor liability showed that appellant purchased almost all of the predecessor corporation's fixed assets and intangibles; that the predecessor corporation apparently ceased to exist soon after the sale; that appellant assumed a name nearly identical to that of the predecessor corporation; that at least one officer from the predecessor corporation was retained by appellant; and that the same products were manufactured at the plants transferred under the purchase agreement. The provisions of the purchase agreement that the assets were being sold free of "adverse charges of any nature", that the predecessor corporation was responsible for all claims relating to defective products manufactured before the sale, that no stock or corporate records were being transferred and that appellant was not required to hire the predecessor corporation's employees do not require a finding of no successor liability as a matter of law ( see, Sweatland v. Park Corp., 181 A.D.2d 243).

Concur — Rosenberger, J.P., Wallach, Kupferman and Williams, JJ.


Summaries of

Burgos v. Pulse Combustion, Inc.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department
May 23, 1996
227 A.D.2d 295 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
Case details for

Burgos v. Pulse Combustion, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:MAXIMINO BURGOS et al., Respondents, v. PULSE COMBUSTION, INC., et al.…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department

Date published: May 23, 1996

Citations

227 A.D.2d 295 (N.Y. App. Div. 1996)
642 N.Y.S.2d 882

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