Are companies liable monitarily for moves the request to a potential employee before all paperwork is completed and the move has accrued, then they withdraw an offer?

Are companies liable monitarily for moves the request to a potential employee before all paperwork is completed and the move has accrued, then they withdraw an offer?

I was recently offered a position with a company out of town from where I lived. I had accommodated them for several months, spending many man hours driving, loosing pay, and costs for fuel just for the interview process. I was finally given an offer that had a starting date within two weeks from being displaced by my previous employer due to a merger. I worked with the HR director of the new job to go through my hiring process but it seemed flawed. I went there twice before finally getting it started and also had paper work sent to me via email because the initial paper work was incorrect. These were dates used up within the 2 weeks that were the breaks in my employment. I had to look for a house and relocate to be within a 30 minute driving distance, a requirement of the job. The paperwork, namely back ground check, did not come back in time for my start date due to the late hiring process I was side-lined for 4 days with no work and in a home I had just leased for the job, at the request of the new employer. Once the paperwork came back, my offer was rescinded because of something that was not initially disclosed on the check, but was also not asked for. Something simple that was DMV related and not criminal, not something that would have prevented me from being employed there. A technical simple oversight at best but was used as an item of non-disclosure. Do they have any responsibility monetarily in requesting me to relocate before they were completed in their hiring process? I have spent a lot of time and money to get to their area for the job, not to mention what I went through and spent to get on board with them just in interviews. I expected to start and was there on the day they requested, but was denied starting because for their inadequacies in filing paperwork. Then had to wait 4 more days just to get a phone call saying they were rescinding the offer?

Asked on November 7, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Virginia

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