MICHAEL D. COHEN, M.D. et al. v. DAWN RICHARDSON

Daily Record Staff//April 23, 2019//

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Contracts — Jury instruction — Receivership action

On May 19, 2016, a jury in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, returned a verdict against Shari Cohen, and Dr. Michael D. Cohen, M.D., P.A., (hereinafter “Appellants”) awarding Dawn Richardson (hereinafter “Appellee”) $1,275,000 on unjust enrichment and quantum meruit claims. Subsequently, Appellants filed a Motion to Strike the Verdict on the grounds that: 1) the verdict was inconsistent with, and a collateral attack on, the Receivership Action; 2) there was no evidence that Appellants had been unjustly enriched by $1,275,000, and; 3) the jury’s findings of a contract between Appellants and Appellee required that the quasi-contractual claims be struck. The circuit court denied Appellants’ motion. It is from this denial that Appellants file this timely appeal. In doing so, Appellants bring the following questions for our review …

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