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COMPTON, Respondent, v. HASTINGS et ux, Appellants.

PER CURIAM

Affirmed.

PER CURIAM

Plaintiff brought this action to recover for work done on defendants' property, alleging alternative claims based on contract, account stated and quantum meruit. After a jury trial, plaintiff was awarded judgment on the quantum meruit claim, plus interest at the statutory rate from the date the work was completed. Defendants appeal, and we affirm.

Defendants' first three assignments of error concern the contract claim. Any error of potential prejudice to defendants on that claim was cured by the jury's verdict for plaintiff on the quantum meruit claim. See Horn v. City of Elgin, 28 Or. App. 545, 548, 559 P.2d 1319, rev den (1977). The fourth assignment concerns the award of prejudgment interest. In Hazelwood Water Dist. v. First Union Management, 78 Or. App. 226, 715 P.2d 498 (1986), we stated:

"Prejudgment interest is proper in quantum meruit cases if the exact amount owing is ascertained or ascertainable by simple computation or by reference to generally recognized standards and where the time from which interest must run can be ascertained." 78 Or App at 230. (Citations omitted.)
See also City of Portland v. Hoffman Const. Co., 286 Or. 789, 805, 596 P.2d 1305 (1979). Here, the amount owing was ascertainable, and the date when the work was completed was not in dispute. The award of prejudgment interest, starting from that date, was not error.

Affirmed.

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COMPTON v. HASTINGS
(Sep 9, 1987)