IDC Clambakes, Inc. v. Dennis J. Carney, in his capacity as Trustee of the Goat Island Realty Trust

Syllabus

The plaintiff, IDC Clambakes, Inc. (Clambakes), appealed from an October 29, 2018 final judgment of the Newport County Superior Court following a grant of a motion for summary judgment filed by the defendants—viz., the individual unit owners of the Goat Island South Condominium and the Goat Island South Condominium Association, Inc. On appeal, the plaintiff contended that the hearing justice erred in his September 26, 2018 written decision, wherein he held that the defendants' motion for summary judgment should be granted on the basis of: (1) the hearing justice's conclusion that Clambakes had \failed to demonstrate that it would be unjust for the Defendants to receive any benefit or that it conferred a benefit upon the Defendants\ and (2) his conclusion that Clambakes' quasi-contract claims were barred by the doctrine of res judicata. The Supreme Court held that the hearing justice did not err in granting summary judgment for the defendants on the plaintiff's claims for unjust enrichment and quasi-contract because, even if a benefit were conferred on the defendants, it was not inequitable for the defendants to retain that benefit without compensating the plaintiff. Accordingly, the Court affirmed the judgment of the Superior Court.