This case involves a surety bond in the construction context, and the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing imposed on the surety by…
Category: PA – Sureties
This case involves indemnification claims for payment made under a surety (performance) bond. Sureties are not subject to Pennsylvania’s Bad Faith Statute. The surety paid…
The plaintiff contracted with a construction firm to perform work at a project in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, and obtained performance and payment bonds from a surety.…
In Board of Trustees, Roofers Union Local 30 v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company the court reiterated, with thorough citation of authority, that Pennsylvania’s insurance bad…
Plaintiff, the surety, brought suit against its principal seeking indemnification for damages paid on the principal’s behalf after issuing a bond for a construction project.…
An Eastern District judge held Pennsylvania’s bad faith statute does not apply to companies that issue surety bonds. Plaintiff hired a construction company to make…
The District Court refused to reopen its judgment dismissing plaintiff’s fiduciary-in-fact, tortious interference, and bad faith claims, previously discussed on this Blog. Plaintiff argued the…
The court was presented with a question of whether a surety is a fiduciary, as well as whether a breach of surety contract could result…
In Western Surety Company v. WGG, Inc., the court observed that while bad faith claims can be brought against an insurer in the nature of…
In United States ex rel. SimplexGrinnell, LP v. Aegis Insurance Company, the court dismissed a bad faith claim regarding failure to pay a surety bond…