Kammer Asphalt Paving Co. v. East China Township Schools

443 Mich. 176 (1993)

504 N.W.2d 635

KAMMER ASPHALT PAVING CO., INC.

v.

EAST CHINA TOWNSHIP SCHOOLS

Docket No. 93937, (Calendar No. 3).

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued May 4, 1993.

Decided August 3, 1993.

Mager, Monahan, Donaldson & Alber, P.C. (by Lita Masini Popke and Lawrence M. Scott), for the plaintiff.

Thrun, Maatsch & Nordberg, P.C. (by Patrick J. Berardo and Gordon W. Van Wieren, Jr.), for the defendant.

RILEY, J.

Because we find that MCL 129.201 et seq.; MSA 5.2321(1) et seq. imposes upon a governmental unit[1] the duty to verify the validity of a payment bond furnished by a general contractor…