Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. v. Coleman Co., Inc.

Hill, J.;

This case arises from a summary judgment ruling that permanently enjoined Coleman Company, Inc., from licensing its name in the recreational vehicle industry. In order to prevent inequity, Kansas courts have found, under an alter ego theory, that a subsidiaiy corporation can bind its parent. The issue of whether one corporation is but an instrumentality of another is a question of fact. Because of the parent corporation’s extensive control over its subsidiaiy in this case, we hold that the grant of summary judgment must be reversed. We reject the three other claims raised by Coleman…