I found my company name on the list of 600 defendants. . . . The defendants on the civil lawsuit are named as 'The Individuals, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations identified on Schedule A'.
So...your company name is listed, but your name is not?
What should I do as my business in the UK was incorporated not unincorporated as per the summons?
If only your dissolved company has been named as a defendant, why would you do anything?
The owner of a corporation is not personally liable for the corporation's debts in the absence of a finding by the court to that effect. Google "piercing the corporate veil" or "corporation alter ego" for more information in this regard.
I don't know what to do as British law is different to the US law & I don't know the process. Any advice will be greatly appreciated. I have to reply to the Court & Plaintiff's Lawyer within 10 days.
You have to reply? That's not really what you meant, is it? What you meant is that your corporation's deadline to file a responsive pleading is coming up. Right?
From looking at the complaint, it seems pretty obvious that this is a situation where the plaintiff's lawyer is looking for quick settlement with as many of the defendants as possible and likely has no intention of actively litigating the lawsuit. Keep in mind that, even if the plaintiff gets a judgment against your corporation, it's only enforceable in Florida (initially) and eventually in the rest of the United States. Does your dissolved corporation have any assets in Florida or anywhere in the U.S.? I'm assuming it doesn't, so what do you care if a judgment is entered in a Florida federal court against a UK corporation that no longer exists? In order to enforce a judgment in the UK, the plaintiff would have to file a new action in the UK. Even if the plaintiff could obtain a UK judgment, again, what do you care since the corporation is dissolved?
It's easy to "pierce the corporate veil" when you are a one person corporation.
Piercing the corporate veil is
not even remotely easy -- especially when the lawsuit is pending in the U.S. and the corporate defendant is located in another country. How do you suppose the plaintiff will get evidence to support an alter ego claim (which, by the way, is not even pleaded in the complaint)? Federal courts don't hand out alter ego judgments just for the asking -- even in a default situation.
Is it the Nike lawsuit? I found it on PACER, the federal court's case search website. 1:2021-cv-00248-SHS filed in NY on 1/12/21.
It's the lawsuit mentioned in the subject header of the thread -- it's pending in the Southern District of Florida as case #21-21088 (and, as the OP mentioned, there are two other similar suits filed by the same plaintiff within the last few months).
