Mor-Wood Contractors, Inc. v. Ottinger

After a bench trial conducted by the circuit court of Lake County, plaintiff, Mor-Wood Construction, Inc. (Mor-Wood), was awarded $30,170.50 under the theory of quantum meruit for the reasonable value of services it performed in partially constructing a home for defendants, Craig and Heike Ottinger (the Ottingers).

The Ottingers now appeal from the judgment entered below, and they raise four issues on appeal: (1) whether the trial court erred in determining that the parties’ conduct evidenced a.rescission of the contract rather than a unilateral abandonment on the part of MorWood; (2) whether…