Legal Question in Disability Law in Virginia

I had a contractor lay down laminate flooring and also agreed to have him mill and lay the thresholds. After he finished laying down the laminate, I was not pleased with the work and he also damaged one of my walls. I paid him for the work that he performed but told him that I do not want him to do the additional thresholds. He now says I owe him for $157 for materials and labor for the thresholds. They have not been installed and I notified him via email an hour and a half after I got his estimate for them that I didn't want him doing the work. He said he will sue me? Does he have any legal grounds to sue me since he hasn't installed the thresholds.

Asked on 3/08/11, 5:32 am

Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

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The legal issue would appear to reduce to whether this contractor

committed a material breach of the agreement by allegedly failing to

properly perform (in a workmanlike manner) the laying down of the

laminate flooring and thresholds, and, furthermore, whether he damaged one of your walls such that you would be justified in rescinding the contract

and refusing to permit him to finish the work.

If he has not committed this material breach as described, then, yes,

the contractor would appear to have viable legal grounds to sue you.

But, if so, then, obviously, the answer must be in the negative.

Answered on 3/08/11, 8:52 am

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