Drill South, Inc. v. International Fidelity Ins.

This is a Miller Act payment bond action arising from a federal construction project (“the Project”) at the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. International Fidelity Insurance Co. (“International Fidelity”), a Miller Act surety, argues on appeal that the district court erred by granting judgment against it solely on the basis of a default judgment entered against its principal, that the district court lacked personal jurisdiction over its principal, and that the district court erred by granting an award of attorneys’ fees. After considering the parties’ arguments and the record in this…