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).

Cited by

30 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Justin Fessler v. IBM Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 2020-05-14· cited 83×
• Nossen v. Hoy
  E.D. Virginia· 1990-11-15· cited 61×
• Mongold v. Woods
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2009-06-04· cited 43×
• Carazani v. Zegarra
  District of Columbia· 2013-07-03· cited 36×
• Raymond, Colesar, Glaspy & Huss, P.C. v. Allied Capital Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1992-04-13· cited 35×
• Po River Water & Sewer Co. v. Indian Acres Club of Thornburg, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-01-09· cited 34×
• Lilly v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-07-31· cited 33×
• America Online, Inc. v. National Health Care Discount, Inc.
  N.D. Iowa· 2000-09-29· cited 21×
• Wooten v. Lightburn
  W.D. Virginia· 2008-09-30· cited 15×
• Humphreys Railways, Inc. v. F/V NILS S
  E.D. Virginia· 1984-12-12· cited 10×
• Virginia Financial Associates, Inc. v. ITT Hartford Group, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-09-12· cited 7×
• Pallone v. Marshall Legacy Institute
  E.D. Virginia· 2000-05-24· cited 7×
• Hitachi Systems Corp. v. WebMethods, Inc.
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2002-05-07· cited 3×
• Appleton v. Bondurant & Appleton, P.C.
  Portsmouth County Circuit Court· 2005-02-28· cited 3×
• Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc. v. Virginia Commonwealth University
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2002-05-08· cited 2×
• Franconia Two, L.P. v. Omniguru Systems, Inc.
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2011-02-18· cited 2×
• Gutterman Iron & Metal Corp. v. Figg Bridge Developers, L.L.C.
  Chesapeake County Circuit Court· 2011-03-01· cited 1×
• Corish v. Northcutt
  Charlottesville County Circuit Court· 2013-05-31· cited 1×
• Musgrove Construction Co. v. Young
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2020-04-09
• Cornerstone Construction Services, L.L.C. v. Davison
  Orange County Circuit Court· 2010-11-03

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hendrickson v. Meredith
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1933-09-21· cited 52×
• Burks v. Webb, Administratrix
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1957-09-06· cited 45×
• Burke v. Gale
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-12-03· cited 25×
• Ricks v. Sumler
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1942-04-13· cited 25×
• Cochran v. Bise
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1955-11-28· cited 13×
• Brakensiek v. Shaffer
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1969-07-17· cited 12×
• Adam-Christian Co. v. McGavock
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1927-03-17· cited 2×