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Nichols Construction Corp. v. Virginia Machine Tool Co.

No. 071553Supreme Court of Virginia

071553 Nichols Construction Corp. v. Virginia Machine Tool Co. 06/06/2008 In a suit by the owner of an industrial building alleging that a roofing company breached a construction contract for installation of a…

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071553 Nichols Construction Corp. v. Virginia Machine Tool Co. 06/06/2008 In a suit by the owner of an industrial building allegi…

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Supreme Court of Virginia
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October 4, 2026
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June 6, 2008
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071553 Nichols Construction Corp. v. Virginia Machine Tool Co. 06/06/2008 In a suit by the owner of an industrial building alleging that a roofing company breached a construction contract for installation of a new roof, the defendant contractor failed to produce sufficient evidence to overcome the plaintiff's prima facie case on damages and the circuit court did not err in awarding damages for breach of the contract based upon the cost of removing the defective roof and replacing it with a new rafter system roof, which was the object of the original contract. However, since there is no assertion that breach of the contract was willful or the result of deliberate bad faith, the circuit court…

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