Pung v. General Motors Corp.

Defendant appeals by leave granted from an order of the circuit court denying its motion for summary disposition. We reverse.

Plaintiff M&M Chevrolet, Inc., entered into an agreement to purchase the assets of plaintiff Archie Oldsmobile/AMC, Inc. Because both parties were franchisees of General Motors Corporation (GMC), the agreement was expressly conditioned on approval by gmc. Gmc declined to give its approval and plaintiffs thereafter brought this action. Defendant challenged M&M’s standing to bring an action under the Michigan dealer act (mda), MCL 445.1561 et seq.; MSA 19.856(21) et seq.…