Cleco Corp. v. Virginia Department of Transportation

By Judge Harry T. Taliaferro, III

This matter came before the Court on plaintiffs Motion for Leave to Amend Cleco Corporation’s responses to Requests for Admission Numbers 15 and 16 and the Department of Transportation’s Plea in Bar that Cleco’s suit should be barred because it failed to file a timely claim under the Code of Virginia and the contract between the parties.

The issue on plaintiffs motion is the discretion of the Court in allowing amendments to responses to requests for admission. The issue on defendant’s motion is whether plaintiffs case is barred because its claim was submitted…