Sas America, Inc. v. Inada

SAS America, Inc. (SAS) appeals a summary judgment in favor of Molly and Ernest Inada, contending Mr. Inada's personal guaranties on money SAS loaned to Pribilof Island Processors, Inc. (PIP) were not superseded by a subsequent agreement in which Mr. Inada did not personally guarantee the loans. We reverse.

From 1988 to 1990, SAS loaned money to PIP. Dining this time, the president of SAS, Mr. Satoshi Sasaki, a Japanese man with a limited understanding of English, was also a director and officer of PIP. In the fall of 1989, Mr. Sasaki asked Mr. Inada to personally guarantee loans SAS had…