Fieldhouse Landscape, Inc. v. Gentile

The defendants contend that the measure of damages in quantum meruit cases is the value of the benefit received by the defendants; that there is no evidence in this particular case as to the benefit received by the defendants and therefore the trial court’s award of damages was either arbitrary or reached by an improper application of law. Several cases are cited which support their contentions as they interpret them.

The cases relied upon by the defendants can all be distinguished from the present case. To do so herein would unduly lengthen this opinion. The distinction between contracts…