Opinion ID: 2495475
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Heading: Whether the trial court erred, as questions of fraud are inappropriate for disposition at the summary judgment stage.

Text: ¶ 27. This Court has also alluded to the notion that cases which involve issues of contractual ambiguity and interpretation as well as allegations of fraud or misrepresentation generally are inappropriate for disposition at the summary-judgment stage. Great S. Nat'l Bank v. McCullough Envtl. Servs., Inc., 595 So.2d 1282, 1289 (Miss.1992) (citing Pursue Energy Corp. v. Perkins, 558 So.2d 349, 354 (Miss. 1990)). However, the standard of review of the grant of summary judgment regarding allegations of fraud remains the familiar genuine-issue-of-material-fact standard quoted above. See Miss. R. Civ. P. 56(c); Holland v. Peoples Bank & Trust Co., 3 So.3d 94, 98-99 (Miss.2008); Smith v. Chhabra, 54 So.3d 877, 880 (Miss.Ct.App. 2011). As the 11-12 agreement was integrated and unambiguous, parol evidence of an earlier representation would be inadmissible. Thus no admissible evidence created a genuine issue of material fact. ¶ 28. We find no error in granting summary judgment under the circumstances specific to this case, as no admissible evidence supported claims of fraud in the inducement. The Grand parties attempted to introduce evidence from the boat-inspection conversation and similar conduct in an unrelated transaction. The remaining claims of fraudulent conduct were contracts and closing documents either adopted and executed, or unread and executed, by Grand. See Wedgeworth, 911 So.2d at 490; Davis, 3 So.3d at 133-34.