what is a quasi contract example 
an example might be if person a offers to pay person b to help them move to a new apartment and agrees to pay the 100 for the help the agreement is verbal and not a formal contract person b commits to the job turns down a different job and shows up on the required day to help with the move but when person b shows up person a tells them that they are not needed after all and that the job is canceled person b files a civil suit to have the missing money paid and a quasi contract might be instituted if the judge agrees that money is owed the bottom linewith a quasi contract a defendant is required to behave as if there was a legal contract with the plaintiff it is designed so that one party is not unjustly enriched at the expense of the other unjust enrichment is when someone benefits unfairly either due to circumstance or the other party s misfortune a quasi contract is rendered by a judge as a settlement after the fact when a formal contract otherwise did not exist 