· 11/12/2009
Harrington v. Trotman
Citations
- 983 A.2d 342
- 2009 D.C. App. LEXIS 574
- 2009 WL 3762400
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that superior court \fundamentally erred as a matter of law in finding unjust enrichment when there was a valid contract between the parties\
- providing that a party “cannot avoid the bargain he made and claim recovery under a theory of unjust enrichment” “when there [i]s a valid contract between the parties”
- “[T]here can be no claim for unjust enrichment when an express contract exists between the parties.”
- homeowner could 17 18 not recover damages against contractor on unjust enrichment theory where parties’ relationship is 19 governed by written agreement
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Judges: Ruiz, Blackburne-Rigsby, King
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