W.H. Fuller Co. v. Seater

George R. Seater, Jr., appeals from a judgment awarding W.H. Fuller Company (Fuller Company) $18,957.02 for the value of services and materials provided to Seater for filling and grading his property, and from an order denying his motion for reconsideration. Although Seater does not dispute the trial court's finding of a contract implied in law, he contends that the court failed to apply the proper measure of damages when it considered quantum meruit as the theory of recovery. Seater asserts that under established principles of unjust enrichment, the proper measure of damages is the value of…