Legal Opinion

Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance v. City of Pine Bluff

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided January 15, 2004No. 02-3600, 02-3646, 02-3735PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

In this suretyship case, the City of Pine Bluff, Arkansas (City), and Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company (Penn National) cross-appeal the district court’s findings regarding the contours of equitable subrogation, suretyship, and municipal immunity in Arkansas. We conclude that the City must reimburse Penn National for the losses it suffered after the City released funds to a general *949contractor despite notice of the general contractor’s default and a request from the surety to withhold funds pending investigation. We therefore reverse and remand with…

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3Cited by1 opinion

Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company, a Pennsylvania Corporation, Cannon Contracting, Inc., Intervenor v. City of Pine Bluff, David Mitchell Construction, Inc. David R. Mitchell Theresa Mitchell Karl F. Dix, Jr. Pine Bluff National Bank Nobel Insurance Company, Surety Association of America, Amicus on Behalf of Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company, a Pennsylvania Corporation, Cannon Contracting, Inc., Intervenor v. City of Pine Bluff, David Mitchell Construction, Inc. David R. Mitchell Theresa Mitchell Karl F. Dix, Jr. Pine Bluff National Bank Nobel Insurance Company, Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Insurance Company, a Pennsylvania Corporation, Cannon Contracting, Inc., Intervenor v. City of Pine Bluff, David Mitchell Construction, Inc. David R. Mitchell Theresa Mitchell Karl F. Dix, Jr. Pine Bluff National Bank Nobel Insurance Company, Surety Association of America, Amicus on Behalf OfCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004