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David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a previous article, I discussed a subcontractor\u2019s\u00a0unjust enrichment claim<\/a>\u00a0against a project\u2019s owner and the death of this equitable claim if the owner fully paid the general contractor or paid the general contractor for the subcontractor\u2019s work.\u00a0 This can be best summarized from a very short 1995 opinion out of the Fourth District Court of Appeal: \u201cUnjust enrichment is equitable in nature and cannot exist where payment has been made for the benefit conferred. [Owner] paid [General Contractor] the full amount of its contract for the construction project.\u00a0 Accordingly, there can be no unjust enrichment claim to support [Subcontractor\u2019s] claim.<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Gene B. Glick Co., Inc. v. Sunshine Ready Concrete Co., Inc<\/em>., 651 So.2d 90 (Fla. 4th<\/sup>\u00a0DCA 1995).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are instances where there is value to a subcontractor pursuing an\u00a0unjust enrichment claim<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0against a project\u2019s owner.\u00a0 But again, these instances die if the owner fully paid the general contractor or paid the general contractor for the subcontractor\u2019s work because the owner paid the general contractor for any benefit conferred by the subcontractor. \u00a0 This does not mean the subcontractor is without recourse as it can pursue rights against the general contractor, as well as payment bond or lien rights presuming those rights are properly preserved.\u00a0 Typically, an unjust enrichment claim is explored because lien or bond rights were not properly preserved, there is a\u00a0pay-when-paid\u00a0provision in the subcontract and the subcontractor knows the owner has not paid the general contractor for its work, or there are other strategic, personal reasons why a lien or payment bond claim may not want to be pursued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates In a previous article, I discussed a subcontractor\u2019s\u00a0unjust enrichment claim\u00a0against a project\u2019s owner and the death of this equitable claim if the owner fully paid the general contractor or paid the general contractor for the subcontractor\u2019s work.\u00a0 This can be best summarized from a very short 1995 opinion… Continue reading Death of Subcontractor’s Unjust Enrichment Claim Against Project Owner<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[9895,12,11459],"class_list":["post-898665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-2","tag-advise-consult","tag-construction","tag-unjust-enrichment-claim","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nDeath of Subcontractor's Unjust Enrichment Claim Against Project Owner - 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