Boswell v. Insurance Company of North America

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

The issue is whether a $1,000 contractor’s surety bond, written pursuant to NRS Chapter 624 as a precondition to licensing a contractor, covers faulty workmanship. The contractor, Metalume, Inc., installed an aluminum roof for the Boswells, which soon began to leak. The Boswells ordered and paid for repairs, and then filed this suit on the surety bond written by Insurance Company of North America, as surety, for Metalume, Inc., principal, to recover the cost of repairs and incidental expenses. The district court ruled that the surety was not liable on its bond…