Quality Equipment Co. v. Transamerica Insurance

Quality Equipment Company sued Transamerica Insurance Company on public contractor’s bond issued by Transamerica for the contractor, Allstate Paving, Inc., pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 52-118 (Reissue 1988) for material and equipment furnished to a subcontractor on two highway projects for the State of Nebraska. Section 52-118(1) states:

It shall be the duty of the State of Nebraska, or any department or agency thereof . . . empowered by law to enter into a contract for the erecting and furnishing, or the repairing of any public building, bridge, highway, or other public structure or…