Hall County School District v. C. Robert Beals & Associates, Inc.

Ruffin, Judge.

Currahee Construction Company (“Currahee”) is a general contractor hired by the Hall County Board of Education (“school board”) to construct a new elementary school. As the contractor, Currahee was required to provide the school board with performance and payment bonds in the contract amount of $2,590,400. During performance of the contract, the school board learned that the bonds provided by Currahee were invalid, and the contract was terminated. Several of Currahee’s unpaid subcontractors, who could not make payment claims under the invalid bonds (the “subcontractors”),…