Legal Opinion
Fairfax County Redevelopment & Housing Authority v. Worcester Bros.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided February 26, 1999No. Record 980731PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Koontz
In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court’s award of unabsorbed home office expenses to the contractor on a public construction project following an unreasonable delay by the contracting government agency was based upon sufficient proof of the existence and amount of those damages.
BACKGROUND
Under well established principles, we recount only those facts relevant to our resolution of the appeal. On September 14, 1995, the Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (the Authority) entered into a contract with Worcester Brothers Company, Inc. (Worcester Brothers), a general…
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