Case Name: Pegasus Aviation I, Inc., et al., Respondents, v. Varig Logistica S.A. et al., Defendants, and MatlinPatterson Global Advisers, LLC, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2010-01-19
Citations: 69 A.D.3d 483
Docket Number: 
Parties: Pegasus Aviation I, Inc., et al., Respondents, v Varig Logistica S.A. et al., Defendants, and MatlinPatterson Global Advisers, LLC, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 69
Pages: 483–483

Head Matter:
Pegasus Aviation I, Inc., et al., Respondents, v Varig Logistica S.A. et al., Defendants, and MatlinPatterson Global Advisers, LLC, Appellant.
[894 NYS2d 30]

Opinion:
This is an action for replevin and damages for breach of airplane leases. Accepting the alleged facts as true and according plaintiff the benefit of every possible favorable inference (Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88 [1994]), the complaint sufficiently alleges that MatlinPatterson exercised complete domination over Varig Logística—and was thus its alter ego— with respect to the transaction at issue, and that such domination facilitated the fraud or wrongdoing that resulted in plaintiffs injury (Matter of Morris v New York State Dept, of Taxation & Fin., 82 NY2d 135, 141 [1993]). Concur—Mazzarelli, J.P, Saxe, Acosta, DeGrasse and Manzanet-Daniels, JJ.