Lewis v. Lewis

In this appeal, we review the unpublished opinion of the court of appeals in Lewis v. Lewis, 2006 WL 3441766 (Colo.App.2006), which reversed the trial court's judgment. The trial court found that the defendants were unjustly enriched when they failed to compensate the plaintiff for her contribution to a home that was sold for a significant profit. The court of appeals held that unjust enrichment claims present questions of mixed law and fact. Thus, it reviewed the trial court's determination that the plaintiff satisfied the elements of unjust enrichment de novo and reached a contrary result.

We…