Gural v. Fazzino

Opinion

SPEAR, J.

The sole issue in this case is whether the Home Improvement Act (act)1 bars an unjust enrichment claim for improvements that the plaintiff, a registered home improvement contractor, made to a house owned by the defendant, where the improvements were made during the time in which the plaintiff and the defendant lived together in the house. We conclude that the plaintiffs claim is outside the purview of the act and, accordingly, reverse the trial court’s judgment for the defendant.

The plaintiff commenced this action by way of a three count complaint alleging that (1) the…