The December ruling could reshape how carriers handle D&O policies when complaints contain both covered and excluded ...
Douglas J. Nash, a partner at Hiscock & Barclay, and Gabriel M. Nugent, an associate at the firm, write that commercial litigators often know quantum meruit as a cause of action pleaded as an ...
"Here, Dyess asked for simple money damages via a quantum meruit claim, which courts of law have historically enforced," Judge David J. Richman wrote on behalf of the three-judge panel. "We conclude ...
“Claims in quantum meruit can proceed on two distinct theories: a theory based on a promise to pay for services “implied in fact,” which “retains a contractual character,” or a theory based on an ...