Dj Painting, Inc. v. Baraw Enterprises, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a property owner was not unjustly enriched where it paid the general contractor for the value of work completed by a painting subcontractor
• holding that a property owner was not unjustly enriched where it paid the general contractor for the value of work completed by a painting subcontractor
• noting that a party’s fees and costs are not recoverable unless statutorily or contractually authorized
• explaining that the distinction between unjust enrichment and quantum meruit “lies not in the alleged wrong committed by the defendant but rather in the measure of recovery for that wrong”
• affirming decision that contractor was the \substantially prevailing party\ where all of plaintiff's claims against it were dismissed on summary judgment
• affirming decision that contractor was the “substantially prevailing party” where all of plaintiffs claims against it were dismissed on summary judgment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).