HAUGABOOK v. Crisler

Adams, Judge.

Richard C. Haugabook filed suit against three brothers primarily alleging money had and received and unjust enrichment arising out of an unusual set of events. The Crisler brothers had hired Paul Farr, a lawyer, to pursue claims arising out of their mother’s untimely death, but Farr never filed suit and lied when he told them their case had settled. In a bizarre and perhaps good-hearted attempt to get the fictitious settlement proceeds to the Crislers, Farr then employed an illegal, check-kiting scheme with his law firm’s bank accounts, which resulted in an actual wire transfer…