James F. O'Neil Company, Inc. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company

RIVES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a judgment for United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company (USF&G), as assignee and subrogee of Blount Brothers Construction Company (Blount), against James F. O’Neil Company, Inc. (O’Neil) in the sum of $35,886.82. This was the amount paid and the legal fees and expenses incurred in settlement of a wrongful death claim by the widow of an O’Neil employee. Blount was the prime contractor with United States Atomic Energy Commission for the construction of a “Feed Plant Facility” in the State of Ohio, and O’Neil was Blount’s subcontractor for certain…