(E.D. Ky. June 7, 2016)
The district court affirms the bankruptcy court’s orders holding the trustee failed to state a claim for substantive consolidation and could not proceed on a reverse veil piercing theory under Kentucky law. The trustee alleged the defendant was the recipient of a fraudulent transfer from the debtors, but the transfer was actually made to the defendant by a Kentucky LLC separate from the debtors. Because Kentucky courts have not recognized reverse veil piercing, the district court declines to apply it to disregard the separate existence of the debtors and the LLC. The court also agrees with the bankruptcy court that the trustee failed to allege facts sufficient to apply substantive consolidation. Opinion below.
Judge: Caldwell
Attorney for Defendant: Stoll Keenon Ogden PLLC, Adam M. Back
Attorneys for Trustee: Bingham Greenebaum Doll LLP, James R. Irving, Richard Boydston
Author: Matt Lindblom
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