Legal Opinion
Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Union Indemnity Insurance
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided April 25, 1988No. 87-348PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Darrell Hickman, Justice.
The question in this case is whether the Arkansas State Highway Department, and a materialman who supplied material to a highway job, have a claim against the Arkansas Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Fund when the claim arose after the insurance company that issued the surety bond on the job had been declared insolvent. The trial court held that under Arkansas law the appellants did not have a claim, and we agree.
In September of 1984, the Arkansas State Highway Commission entered into three contracts with Case Construction Company for jobs at Overflow Creek,…
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