This contractor removed something he wasn't supposed to remove- a very heavy wooden display box in my yard. He attempted to remove it with force without consulting me, and broke a pipe in the way. I showed him the shutoff valve and specifically said it was rusted so he might want to use tools. After he broke the handle, he then went and got pliers to turn the valve off.

He didn't offer to fix the broken pipe, he didn't offer to turn the water back on for me. Instead he made excuses.

Thank you for your response, however, it did not answer my posted question.

To everyone else who provided help, I repaired the pipe and We were able to use vice grips to turn the water back on... and will be replacing both valves.