No notice, no quantum meruit

Douglas asked Dallas Performance to install a new camshaft in her 2004 Corvette (example, to the right); while doing so, the company also did about $5,000 in additional engine work. Among other holdings, the Fifth Court rejected the company’s quantum meruit claim, observing Douglas’s testimony that she lacked notice of the work or the company’s expectation of her payment for it, and noting that no jury question asked whether her boyfriend was her authorized representative. Douglas v. Sims, No. 05-17-01187-CV (Feb. 26, 2019).