Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance v. Star Equipment Corp.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

This diversity case arises out of a dispute over a construction contract and an attempt to mediate that dispute through the district court’s alternative dispute resolution program. Appellee Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company (“Fidelity”) executed, as surety, a performance bond on behalf of Appellant Star Equipment Company (“Star”) for work on a water main installation project that Star was to perform for Appellee Town of Seekonk, Massachusetts (“Seekonk”). Appellants Charlene and John Foran (“the Forans”), the principals of Star, executed a General Agreement of…