Piedmont Roofing — Insurance-assignment contract claims survived pleading stage
The divided published panel affirmed dismissal of the tort theories but revived the breach-of-contract and declaratory claims. Anti-assignment provisions were enforceable, yet North Carolina’s notice-pleading rules allowed the contractor to prove facts showing a valid assignment and permitted gaps in the writings to be filled by parol evidence. Discovery could test whether the policy conditions were met; a partial dissent would have affirmed dism