Opinion

ARA Health Services, Inc. v. Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services

  • 344 Md. 85
  • 685 A.2d 435
  • 1996 Md. LEXIS 123
Court
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Filed
Nov 26, 1996
Status
Published
Author
Chasanow
On the bench
murphy,c
Cited by
49 cases
Authority
More cited than 13.7%

holding that, “generally, quasi-contract claims such as quantum meruit and unjust enrichment cannot be asserted where an express contract ... exists”

How later courts described this case

  • holding that, “generally, quasi-contract claims such as quantum meruit and unjust enrichment cannot be asserted where an express contract ... exists”
  • holding that the state had not waived immunity under § 12-201(a
  • holding that immunity was not waived where a claim did not satisfy the formal requirements of a written contract under S.G. § 12-201(a)
  • stating that “[o]rdinarily, the doctrine of estoppel does not apply against the State....”

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

*97 CHASANOW, Judge,

concurring:

I concur in the judgment in this case for the reasons stated by Judge Hollander in her excellent opinion in Dept. of Public Safety v. ARA 107 Md.App. 445 , 668 A.2d 960 (1995).

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