· 12/3/2007
Hill v. Cross Country Settlement, LLC
Citations
- 936 A.2d 343
- 402 Md. 281
- 2007 Md. LEXIS 721
How courts have described this case
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- noting that courts will usually grant restitution if insurers \defend their insured even where there is a dispute over liability or coverage.\
- emphasizing that unjust enrichment “is not aimed at compensating the plaintiff, but at forcing the defendant to disgorge benefits that it would be unjust for [her] to keep” (internal quotation marks omitted)
- stating that an unjust enrichment claim “serves to deprive the defendant of benefits that in equity and good conscience he ought not to keep, even though he may have received those benefits quite honestly in the first place”
- stating that “[m]ortgage foreclosure is an equitable remedy in Maryland”
- stating that “[m]ortgage foreclosure is an equitable remedy in Maryland”
- stating “if [debtor] should be determined not to be liable to [lenders] in an action brought directly against [debtor], [debtor] received no benefit as [the plaintiff] paid a debt that [debtor] did not owe”
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Judges: Bell, Harrell, Battaglia, Greene, Eldridge, Wilner, Cathell
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