Moore & Moore General Contractors, Inc. v. Basepoint, Inc.

The parties to this dispute agree that its outcome is controlled by the Uniform Commercial Code — Sales (UCC), Code § 8.2-101 et seq. The central issues on appeal are whether, under the facts, a buyer’s acceptance of nonconforming goods can be revoked because of the nonconformity, and whether, notwithstanding the inability to revoke, the buyer is entitled to recover from the seller the cost of substitute goods.

This controversy stems from a contract between a subcontractor and a general contractor in connection with construction of a Red Lobster restaurant in Spotsylvania County. Basepoint,…