Parks v. Hyundai Motor America, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that two corporations were intertwined given the history of lawsuits against both entities and where one corporation was the sole shareholder of the other
• holding that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to grant an OCGA § 9-11-56 (f) motion when the plaintiffs had served discovery requests and moved to compel discovery, because it was possible that such discovery could have added “substance” to the plaintiffs’ case
• complaint showed that plaintiff meant to sue automobile manufacturer but mistakenly sued similarly named parent corporation
• grant of summary judgment was premature in light of pending motion to compel discovery
• trial court erred in granting summary judgment to defendant before ruling on plaintiffs’ motion to compel where plaintiffs demonstrated that documents sought would be helpful in establishing their claim
• grant of summary judgment was premature in light of pending motion to compel discovery

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