Travelers Indemnity Co. v. United States

OPINION AND ORDER

LETTOW, Judge.

This surety case stems from a contract entered into by M.A.T. Marine, Inc. (“M.A.T.”) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England Military District, for the Sector Gates Repair Project in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Travelers Indemnity Company (“Travelers”), as a surety for M.A.T., provided performance and payment bonds for the project for the benefit of the United States as the obligee.1 M.A.T. arguably defaulted on its obligations with respect to certain laborers and materialmen on the project, and consequently, Travelers issued payments to those…