Leite v. Dow Chemical Co.

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from a January 11, 1988, order granting both defendant Dow Chemical Company’s and defendant Dow Corning Corporation’s motions for summary disposition in this action alleging breach of promise and from a May 13, 1988, order denying reconsideration. We reverse.

This dispute arose when defendants refused to execute an alleged agreement to purchase laboratory rabbits from plaintiffs. Plaintiff Stephen Leite was the vice president of a small corporation known as Pollen Nation Apiaries, Inc. (pna), which was formally organized by Leite and the corporation’s president,…