{"id":904363,"date":"2025-05-20T14:28:48","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T20:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=904363"},"modified":"2025-05-20T14:28:50","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T20:28:50","slug":"unjust-enrichment-damages-must-be-measurable-and-quantifiable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/unjust-enrichment-damages-must-be-measurable-and-quantifiable\/","title":{"rendered":"Unjust Enrichment Damages Must Be Measurable And Quantifiable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>David Adelstein | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridaconstructionlegalupdates.com\/unjust-enrichment-damages-must-be-measurable-and-quantifiable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Florida Construction Legal Updates<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just because you are pursuing a claim for\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/unjust-enrichment-express-contract\/\">unjust enrichment<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0does not mean you don\u2019t have to still prove your damages with a reasonable degree of certainty. You ABSOLUTELY do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Under Florida law, unjust enrichment damages must reflect the reasonable value of the plaintiff\u2019s labor and costs expended for the benefit of the defendant or the value of the economic benefit that the plaintiff had conferred upon the defendant. While mathematical precision is not required, damages must be \u2018measurable and quantifiable\u2019 and supported by a \u2018fact-based chain of reasoning\u2019 so as to avoid conjecture.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Alvarez v. All Star Boxing, Inc<\/em>., 50 Fla.L.Weekly D913a (Fla. 3d DCA 2025).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While&nbsp;<em>Alvarez<\/em>&nbsp;is a non-construction case, it deals with unjust enrichment which comes up in construction disputes.&nbsp; Here, unjust enrichment damages were awarded to the plaintiff.&nbsp; An appeal was taken because the defendant claimed the evidence didn\u2019t support or link to the unjust enrichment damages that were awarded to the plaintiff. The appellate court agreed finding there was no \u2018fact-based chain of reasoning\u201d that could link the damages awarded (with relevant citations relative to damages that must be proven to support an unjust enrichment claim).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As to the latter, even assuming some connection between the services and bonus, [plaintiff] failed to quantify its contribution relative to other influencing elements.&nbsp;<em>See id.<\/em>&nbsp;at 512 (\u201cDamages for unjust enrichment may be valued based on either (1) the market value of the services; or (2) the value of the services to the party unjustly enriched.\u201d);&nbsp;<em>Merle Wood &amp; Assocs., Inc. v. Frazer,<\/em>&nbsp;307 So. 3d 773, 777 (Fla. 4th DCA 2020) (\u201c[Appellee] himself only testified as to his anticipated profits from the transaction, but offered no testimony computing the value of the benefit conferred.\u201d);&nbsp;<em>Am. Safety Ins. Serv., Inc. v. Griggs,<\/em>&nbsp;959 So. 2d 322, 332-33 (Fla. 5th DCA 2007) (reversing where \u201cplaintiffs only presented evidence of the money they hoped to receive under their profit participation agreement\u201d).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Alvarez, supra<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, if pursuing an unjust enrichment claim, you want to understand the damages and prove the damages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>When one of your cases is in need of a construction expert, estimates, insurance appraisal or umpire services in defect or insurance disputes &#8211; please call Advise &amp; Consult, Inc. at 888.684.8305, or email <a href=\"mailto:experts@adviseandconsult.net\">experts@adviseandconsult.net<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Adelstein | Florida Construction Legal Updates Just because you are pursuing a claim for\u00a0unjust enrichment\u00a0does not mean you don\u2019t have to still prove your damages with a reasonable degree of certainty. 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