Lindquist Ford, Inc. v. Middleton Motors, Inc.

Record failed to support Dist. Ct.’s judgment in favor of plaintiff in claims for unjust enrichment and quantum-meruit arising out of plaintiff’s lawsuit seeking compensation for services in managing defendant’s car dealership where parties were ultimately unable to execute written contract covering said services. Evidence established that plaintiff expected to be paid for his services only if dealership showed profit, and record showed that dealership had not turned profit during plaintiff’s 21-month tenure as general manager. Record also did not support plaintiff’s claim that defendant terminated him before he had fair opportunity to turn dealership around where, contrary to plaintiff’s contention, parties had no set deadline for plaintiff to establish said profit, and where defendant allowed plaintiff to make many changes to dealership that ultimately proved to be unsuccessful.