490.1009  Effect of amendment.
  An amendment to the articles of incorporation does not affect a cause of action existing against or in favor of the corporation, a proceeding to which the corporation is a party, or the existing rights of persons other than shareholders of the corporation. An amendment changing a corporation’s name does not abate a proceeding brought by or against the corporation in its former name.
89 Acts, ch 288, §117; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §62, 125