Gotion High-tech (SHE:002074) asked the US District Court in the Western District Of Michigan Southern Division to bar a Michigan town from questioning the battery maker's president, Chen Li, over delays in the company's bid to establish a battery component manufacturing plant and industrial park in Mecosta County.
Gotion High-tech said the township failed to show that Li has any such unique personal knowledge on the matter and his role was limited to high-level executive oversight of the project's progress, with all aspects of the project were led and executed by a team of Gotion employees responsible for the company's day-to-day operation, according to a court filing.
The township "seeks to exploit Li's Chinese nationality for purposes totally unrelated to the legal substance of this litigation" and deposing Li "only serves to harass, annoy, and embarrass" him, the company said.
As such, the court should grant the protective order to prohibit Li's deposition, Gotion High-tech said.
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