Ekstedt v. CHARTER MEDICAL CORPORATION

Sognier, Judge.

Richard C. Ekstedt brought suit against Charter Medical Corporation, Inc. (CMC) to recover damages resulting from the confiscation of his passport in Saudi Arabia for a period of seven months, claiming it was caused by CMC’s fraudulent misrepresentations to him regarding the propriety of obtaining a duplicate passport to enter Saudi Arabia. The trial court granted CMC’s motion for summary judgment, and Ekstedt appeals. CMC conditions its cross-appeal of the trial court’s failure to consider other grounds for granting summary judgment in its favor upon this court’s reversal of…