Marine Development Corp. v. Rodak

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that it is “a general rule of law that he who gains the labor ... of another must make reasonable compensation for the same.”
• stating that, after the trial court ruled that no express contract between the parties was proven, the issue then became the claim for recovery on quantum meruit
• recognizing jury instructions should not include \statements of abstract propositions entirely extraneous to the issues” that must be decided by the jury because such statements \have a tendency to confuse, rather than to clarify” the issues (citation omitted)
• “The court instructs the jury that an implied contract is created by law to establish justice between parties. It does not require mutual assent, but may bind a party against his will.”
• quantum meruit recovery appropriate after court finding that no express contract existed
• quantum meruit claim brought to recover value of services rendered

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).