Choate Construction Company v. Auto-Owners Insurance Company

Dillard, Judge.

In this suit to impose liability on payment and performance bonds, general contractor Choate Construction Company (“Choate”) appeals the trial court’s denial of partial summary judgment as to its claims for liability on the bonds against surety Auto-Owners Insurance Company (“AOIC”) and its grant of partial summary judgment to AOIC as to Choate’s claims for surety bad faith and attorney fees.1 *332On appeal, Choate argues that the trial court misinterpreted the bonds’ principal and the incorporated subcontract, misinterpreted the parties’ intentions (as reflected in the bonds),…