District of Columbia v. Aetna Insurance

PRYOR, Associate Judge:

This is an appeal from a grant of summary judgment in favor of Aetna Insurance Company (Aetna), the surety under a construction contract involving the District of Columbia. There being no factual issues alleged, our review is limited to whether, as a matter of law, a performance bond surety for one of two public works projects involving the same contractor, upon default of the contractor on one job and full performance by the surety, is subrogated to the rights and remedies against the contractor that the District would have had if it had completed the project itself.…