Legal Opinion
Colonial Surety Co. v. Uni-Con Floors, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 6, 2009No. 08-1065, 08-1393PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
In January 2007, Colonial Surety Company (“Colonial”) brought suit in federal district court against Uni-Con Floors, Inc. (“Uni-Con”) and its indemnitors. The latter promised reimbursement to Colonial for any losses, costs, and expenses incurred by Colonial on bonding for certain construction contracts entered into by Uni-Con Floors. Uni-Con defaulted on two of these contracts, requiring Colonial to pay $813,129.61 to complete work assured by Colonial bonds.
One of the indemnitors was Avi Weizman. Weizman and the other defendants were defaulted for failure to appear but…
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