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Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority v. Worcester Brothers Co.

257 Va. 382 (1999)

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Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority v. Worcester Brothers Co.

Virginia Supreme Court
257 Va. 382 (1999)

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Facts

The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (defendant) awarded a construction contract to Worcester Brothers Co. (plaintiff) in 1995. Under the contract, the project should have been substantially complete by mid-February 1996. However, the housing authority failed to obtain necessary clearances for a significant portion of the work, causing a substantial delay. Worcester Brothers sued the housing authority, seeking to recover damages incurred as a result of the delay. Worcester Brothers submitted evidence of incurring over $46,000 in direct expenses based on the delay, and Worcester Brothers sought recovery of a portion of its overhead expenses, also called home-office expenses. Although Worcester Brothers did not specifically allocate overhead expenses to each construction project in its accounting system, Worcester Brothers requested over $34,000 in overhead expenses, based on the Eichleay formula. The Eichleay formula provides a reasonable approximation of overhead expenses attributable to a construction project by averaging those expenses out. The trial court agreed and awarded the requested damages to Worcester Brothers. The housing authority appealed.

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Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Koontz, J.)

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