Ex Parte AmSouth Mortg. Co., Inc.

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• holding that negligence did not bar equitable subrogation
• “ ‘[0]ne is not penalized for lack of care unless this results in harm to someone else.’ ” (quoting Restatement of Law Of Restitution § 59 cmts. at 232 (1937))
• “If all persons who negligently confer an economic benefit upon another are disqualified from equitable relief because of their negligence, then the law of restitution, which was conceived in order to prevent unjust enrichment, would be of little or no value.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).