Iacomini v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

127 N.H. 73, 497 A.2d 854 (1985)

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Iacomini v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company

New Hampshire Supreme Court
127 N.H. 73, 497 A.2d 854 (1985)

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Facts

Richard Iacomini (plaintiff) contracted with Theodore Zadlo to repair a Mercedes that Zadlo claimed he owned. In fact, the car did not belong to Zadlo and had been stolen from a car lot. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company (defendant) had paid the car owner for the car when the car was stolen. When Liberty Mutual discovered Iacomini had the car, it sued to take possession of the car. Iacomini argued that he had done extensive repairs to the car and was entitled to payment for them. The trial court gave Liberty Mutual the car without requiring payment for the repairs because Iacomini had not been authorized by the car’s real owner to perform any repair work. Iacomini appealed to the New Hampshire Supreme Court, arguing that he was entitled to restitution for the car repairs.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Douglas, J.)

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