Washington v. Jeanes

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the plaintiff “lacks standing to prosecute any claims on behalf of his construction company” even though he was the sole owner because “an action to redress injuries by a corporation cannot be maintained by an owner in his own name”
• “[A]n action to redress injuries by a corporation cannot be maintained by an owner in [their] own name.” (citing Canderm Pharm, Ltd. v. Elder Pharms., Inc., 862 F.2d 597, 602–03 (6th Cir. 1988))
• “Thomas lacks standing to prosecute any claims on behalf of his construction company. Although Thomas may be the sole owner of Thomas Construction, an action to redress injuries by a corporation cannot be maintained by an owner in his own name.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).