Legal Opinion
Riverside Iron Works, Inc. v. Insurance of North America
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 28, 1989PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevine, J.
Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Travers, J.), entered December 1, 1988 in Rensselaer County, which denied plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment.
In June 1984, Cowper Construction Company (hereinafter Cowper) entered into a written agreement with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (hereinafter RPI) under which Cowper became general contractor of a construction project at RPI’s campus in the City of Troy, Rensselaer County. Shortly thereafter, defendant executed a labor and material payment bond naming Cowper as the "principal” and defendant as the "surety”.
In November 1984, Cowper…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Schuler-Haas Electric Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Schuler-Haas Electric Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975
- A. J. Wolfe Co. v. Baltimore Contractors, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Fishman Construction Co. v. HansenCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1965
- Howard-Green Electrical Co. v. Chaney & James Construction Co.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1971
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3Cited by4 opinions
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