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Musgrove Construction Co. v. Young
No. 190180Supreme Court of Virginia
190180 Musgrove Construction Co. v. Young 04/09/2020 In a towing company's suit on theories of unjust enrichment and quantum meruit arising from responding to an overturned dump truck, the vehicle owner did no…
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190180 Musgrove Construction Co. v. Young 04/09/2020 In a towing company's suit on theories of unjust enrichment and quantum meru…
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190180 Musgrove Construction Co. v. Young 04/09/2020 In a towing company's suit on theories of unjust enrichment and quantum meruit arising from responding to an overturned dump truck, the vehicle owner did not request the plaintiff's services, thus a quantum meruit cause of action for a contract implied in fact, does not apply. Instead, the test for unjust enrichment provides the rule of decision, and the plaintiff towing company is entitled to recover to the extent that the truck owner benefitted from its actions. Here, the doctrine of unjust enrichment forecloses recovery for some of the charges on which the plaintiff obtained recovery in this matter. The judgment is affirmed in part and…
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190180 Musgrove Construction Co. v. Young 04/09/2020 In a towing company's suit on theories of unjust enrichment and quantum meruit arising from responding to an overturned dump truck, the vehicle owner did not request the plaintiff's services, thus a quantum meruit cause of action for a contract implied in fact, does not apply. Instead, the test for unjust enrichment provides the rule of decision, and the plaintiff towing company is entitled to recover to the extent that the truck owner benefitted from its actions. Here, the doctrine of unjust enrichment forecloses recovery for some of the charges on which the plaintiff obtained recovery in this matter. The judgment is affirmed in part and…
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