Legal Opinion

United States Surety Co. v. Stevens Family Ltd. Partnership

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided March 5, 2014No. Case No. 11 C 7480Published

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER1

MILTON I. SHADUR, Senior District Judge.

Stevens Family Limited Partnership and individuals Thomas Stevens, Lillia Stevens, Matthew Stevens and Edna Howard (all collectively referred to here as “In-demnitors”) have again sought to inject into this action, via an affirmative defense, the issue of good faith and fair dealing on the part of United States Surety Company (“U.S. Surety”) in connection with the $440,000 settlement payment that it made after a mediation with BE & K Building Group LLC (“BE & K”) (BE & K had been the general contractor for the University of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Carma Developers (California), Inc. v. Marathon Development California, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1992
  2. Cates Construction, Inc. v. Talbot PartnersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Arntz Contracting Co. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1996
  4. United States Surety Co. v. Stevens Family Ltd. PartnershipDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2012
  5. United States Surety Co. v. Stevens Family Ltd. PartnershipDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2014

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