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maxi01
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From '92 to '99 I worked as a commissioned salesperson for a computer company. December of 1998 was a great month for me - I was due $10K in commissions (supposedly payable at the beginning of Jan). My boss kept putting me off (typical behavior for him, but previously he always paid up, eventually). He entered into merger talks with another firm - it didn't go through; he was supposed to be bought out by yet another firm - he stopped paying his vendors - he lost all his credit - he eventually went out of business in April. He still owes me $10K. Now he's claiming that since it was the Corporation that owed me the money, he's not legally liable for that debt. He was the sole shareholder of the corporation (organized under New York State law). I've heard that there's an exception to the usual rules of corporate/personal liability when it applies to paying employees. Who's right?