Judge strikes 8 of 10 counts from former Diamond District developer’s lawsuit

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The legal dispute between current and former developers of Richmond’s Diamond District project has been allowed to continue, though with significantly less money apparently at stake.

In a ruling this week on the latest version of former project lead Republic Properties’ $40 million lawsuit, Richmond Circuit Court Judge Bradley Cavedo threw out eight of the 10 counts that were alleged in the complaint, and allowed the remaining two claims – breach of contract and unjust enrichment – to proceed.

The ruling significantly narrows the suit from what had been a multimillion-dollar complaint to what might now be a matter of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The remaining two claims relate specifically to nearly $864,000 in expenses that Republic says it is