North Dakota Code 41-02-101 – (2-722) Who can sue third parties for injury to goods
When a third party so deals with goods which have been identified to a contract for sale as to cause actionable injury to a party to that contract:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 41-02-101
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- 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.
1. A claim for relief against the third party is in either party to the contract for sale who has title to or a security interest or a special property or an insurable interest in the goods and, if the goods have been destroyed or converted, a claim for relief is also in the party who either bore the risk of loss under the contract for sale or has since the injury assumed that risk as against the other.
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 contract for sale and there is no arrangement between them for disposition of the recovery, the party plaintiff’s suit or settlement is, subject to the party plaintiff’s own interest, as a fiduciary for the other party to the contract.
3. Either party may with the consent of the other sue for the benefit of whom it may concern.