Reliance Universal, Inc. v. Ernest Renda Contracting Co.

WIEAND, Judge:

The action in assumpsit which spawned the cross appeals presently before this Court was brought by Reliance Universal, Inc. of Ohio (“Reliance”) to recover amounts due for materials supplied to Ernest Renda Contracting Company, Inc. (“Renda”) in the course of a sewer construction project in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County. Named as defendant in addition to Renda was Safeco Insurance Com pany of America (“Safeco”), the corporate surety on the labor and material bond supplied by Renda to Hempfield Township Municipal Authority. A jury found that Renda had failed to pay…