Uhlmann v. Richardson

Leben, J.:

Robert Uhlmann guaranteed die debt of a failed business. A jury decided that Jay and Cynthia Richardson did too, though drey had denied having done so. When the business failed, Uhlmann paid the remaining business debt and then sued the Richardsons for their share under two legal tiieories, contribution and unjust enrichment. The trial judge submitted die unjust-enrichment claim to a jury, and the jury ruled in Uhlmann’s favor.

The Richardsons have appealed, claiming that the unjust-enrichment claim shouldn’t have been submitted to a jury at all. We agree with them that only die more…