Legal Opinion
Acuity v. McGhee Engineering, Inc.
Court of Appeals of Tennessee
Decided December 15, 2008No. M2007-02821-COA-R3-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · BennettAndy D. Bennett, J.
in which RICHARD H. DINKINS, J., joined. PATRICIA J. COTTRELL, P.J., M.S., not participating.
A surety filed suit against three engineering firms seeking to recover some of the surety’s losses on a project. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the engineers. We have concluded that the surety does have a right of action against the engineers based upon equitable subrogation and that the surety’s claims are not barred by res judicata or collateral estoppel. Because the consulting engineer had no contract with the project owner, the trial court did not err in granting…
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