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by ElevenLathe 1483 days ago
IANAL but I think the answer for US single-member LLCs is that if you were ever to actually say, cause 100k of damage to somebody else's property through the actions of your single-person LLC and they were to take you to court, the judge would quickly find that the liability passes through to you, so it's not really all that different from a sole proprietorship (aka just doing business as yourself) in that regard.
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I am also not a lawyer but for me it doesn't seem to be that easy to pierce the corporate veil https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/personal-liability-p...
In the US you’re responsible for your own personal actions regardless of LLC existence or not.

If you’re selling a product, the LLC should protect you from liability caused by the product. (With many caveats)

But the LLC won’t protect you from your personal actions