Commonwealth v. Lavelle

How courts have described this case

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• determining liability under both the defacto merger exception and the fraudulent transaction exception to the general rule of corporate non-liability of a transferee corporation
• determining liability under both the de facto merger exception and the fraudulent transaction exception to the general rule of corporate non-liability of a transferee corporation
• “There was also a cessation of ordinary business by [the predecessor] shortly after the formation of [the successor], and, although the corporation was not dissolved, it was reduced to an assetless shell.”
• factor met where successor assumed accounts payable and contracts and continued insurance policy

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Moran v. G. & W.H. Corson, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-25· cited 52×
• Continental Insurance Co. v. Schneider, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-10-21· cited 27×
• Fizzano Brothers Concrete Products, Inc. v. XLN, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-03-26· cited 24×
• Chrysler Corp. v. Ford Motor Co.
  E.D. Michigan· 1997-08-21· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Riding
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-06-11· cited 21×
• Bostick v. Schall's Brakes & Repairs, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-02-01· cited 20×
• Fenderson v. ATHEY PRODUCTS CORP. KOLMAN DIV.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-10-09· cited 15×
• Smith, K. v. A.O. Smith Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-01-26· cited 15×
• Chicago Title Insurance v. Lexington & Concord Search & Abstract, LLC
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2007-04-13· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Wetton
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-05-22· cited 13×
• Lehman Bros. Holdings, Inc. v. Gateway Funding Diversified Mortgage Services, L.P.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2013-12-17· cited 10×
• Fizzano Bros. Concrete Products, Inc. v. XLN, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-05-15· cited 9×
• Tender Touch Rehab Services, LLC v. Brighten at Bryn Mawr
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2014-06-13· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Brooks
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-14· cited 3×
• Busy Bee Inc. v. Wachovia Bank
  Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas· 2005-05-06· cited 1×
• Fiber-Lite Corp. v. Molded Acoustical Products of Easton, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1994-07-26· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  York County Court of Common Pleas· 1991-02-01
• GEM Building Contractors & Developers, Inc. v. Patriot Concrete Pumping & Trucking Co.
  Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas· 2013-10-23
• Campbell, J. v. WeCare Organics, LLC
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-02-25