Construction company’s legal battle with Christiansburg entering fifth year
A state appeals court dismissed parts of a lawsuit brought by Allegheny Construction against the town of Christiansburg and other defendants — but the case remains active and is now stretching into its fifth year.
Allegheny claims the town owes it more than $700,000 in a breach of contract filed in 2021. The lawsuit involves Allegheny’s work on the Cambria Street intersection and North Franklin Street corridor. The town also hired McCormick Taylor as a design engineer and NXL Construction Services as construction engineer and inspector on the project — and Allegheny sued the town, those firms and some individual town employees as well.
Allegheny decided to sue the numerous defendants after it claimed disputes arose over the quality of project designs and corresponding work delays. The parties conspired to deny Allegheny what it said it was owed due to the project problems, according to its lawsuit…