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MAGLICA v. MAGLICA

No. G016463.

78 Cal.Rptr.2d 101 (1998)

66 Cal.App.4th 442

Claire MAGLICA, Plaintiff and Respondent. v. Anthony MAGLICA, Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division Three.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing September 28, 1998.

Review Denied December 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wasser, Rosenson & Carter, Dennis M. Wasser, Los Angeles, Lyon & Lyon, Robert C. Weiss, Roy L. Anderson, Los Angeles, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Peter W. Davis, San Francisco, and James C. Martin, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant.

Keker & Van Nest, John W. Keker, Karin Kramer, San Francisco, Wendy J. Thrum and Helene M. Linker for Plaintiff and Respondent.

OPINION

SILLS, Presiding Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This case forces us to confront the legal doctrine known as "quantum meruit" in the context of a case about an unmarried couple who lived together and worked in a business solely owned by one of them. Quantum meruit is a Latin phrase, meaning "as much as he deserves,"1 and is based on the idea that someone should get paid for beneficial goods or services which he or...

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