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This law was first created in 1991. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 536 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1991 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":282697,"object_type":"law","relational_id":70690,"identifier":"8.2A-531","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-531","url":"\/8.2A-531\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.2A-531\/","token":"8.2A\/5\/C\/8.2A-531","dublin_core":{"Title":"Standing to sue third parties for injury to goods","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.2A-531","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> If a third party<\/span> so deals with goods that have been identified to a lease contract<\/span> as to cause actionable injury to a party<\/span> to the lease contract<\/span> (a) the lessor has a right of action against the third party<\/span>, and (b) the lessee also has a right of action against the third party<\/span> if the lessee: <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

i.<\/span> Has a security interest in the goods; <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

ii.<\/span> Has an insurable interest in the goods; or <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

iii.<\/span> Bears the risk of loss under the lease contract<\/span> or has since the injury assumed that risk as against the lessor and the goods have been converted or destroyed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> If at the time of the injury the party<\/span> plaintiff<\/span> did not bear the risk of loss as against the other party<\/span> to the lease contract<\/span> and there is no arrangement between them for disposition<\/span> of the recovery, his suit or settlement<\/span>, subject to his own interest, is as a fiduciary for the other party<\/span> to the lease contract<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

3.<\/span> Either party<\/span> with the consent of the other may sue for the benefit of whom it may concern. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTANDING TO SUE THIRD PARTIES FOR INJURY TO GOODS (\u00a7 8.2A-531)\n\n1. If a third party so deals with goods that have been identified to a lease\ncontract as to cause actionable injury to a party to the lease contract (a) the\nlessor has a right of action against the third party, and (b) the lessee also\nhas a right of action against the third party if the lessee:\n\n i. Has a security interest in the goods;\n\n ii. Has an insurable interest in the goods; or\n\n iii. Bears the risk of loss under the lease contract or has since the injury\n assumed that risk as against the lessor and the goods have been converted or\n destroyed.\n\n2. If at the time of the injury the party plaintiff did not bear the risk of\nloss as against the other party to the lease contract and there is no\narrangement between them for disposition of the recovery, his suit or\nsettlement, subject to his own interest, is as a fiduciary for the other party\nto the lease contract.\n\n3. Either party with the consent of the other may sue for the benefit of whom it\nmay concern.\n\nHISTORY: 1991, c. 536.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}