North Dakota Code 41-02.1-79 – (2A-531) Standing to sue third parties for injury to goods
1. If a third party so deals with goods that have been identified to a lease contract as to cause actionable injury to a party to the lease contract, the lessor has a right of action against the third party, and the lessee also has a right of action against the third party if the lessee:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 41-02.1-79
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
a. Has a security interest in the goods; b. Has an insurable interest in the goods; or
c. Bears the risk of loss under the lease contract or has since the injury assumed that risk as against the lessor and the goods have been converted or destroyed.
2. If at the time of the injury the party plaintiff did not bear the risk of loss as against the other party to the lease contract and there is no arrangement between them for disposition of the recovery, the plaintiff’s suit or settlement, subject to the plaintiff’s own interest, is as a fiduciary for the other party to the lease contract.
3. Either party with the consent of the other may sue for the benefit of whom it may concern.