Vernco Construction, Inc. v. David Nelson, Individually and D/B/A Collective Contracting, a Sole Proprietorship And E.E. Hood & Sons, Inc.

In this complex commercial dispute, Vernco Construction, Inc., obtained a mul-ti-million dollar breach-of-contract and tort judgment against E.E. Hood & Sons, Inc., and David Nelson, individually and d/b/a Collective Contracting (collectively, the Respondents). The Respondents appealed the judgment on various grounds, but the only issue before this Court is whether Vernco lacked standing to maintain the lawsuit because it assigned the claims to its commercial lender either before or after filing the lawsuit. The trial court found that Vernco had standing, but the court of appeals reversed,…