Modern Continental South v. Fairfax County Water Authority

BY JUDGE STANLEY P. KLEIN

This matter came before the court on the four remaining pleas in bar of owner, Fairfax County Water Authority (the Authority) to the amended motion for judgment filed by contractor, Modem Continental South (MCS).1 MCS alleges that the Authority breached the parties’ contract by refusing to pay it for work done at the Authority’s insistence but not required by the Contract. Specifically, MCS contends that the Contract did not require it to install torque tubes in certain butterfly valves in the Filter Building on this project.

In its First Plea in Bar, the Authority…