Legal Opinion
Shannon R. Ginn Construction Co. v. Reliance Insurance
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided March 17, 1999No. 98-8196-CivPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
HURLEY, District Judge.
THIS CAUSE is before the court upon defendant Reliance Insurance Company’s (“Reliance”) motion for summary judgment. The main issue is whether section 624.155(l)(b)l, Florida Statutes (1997), authorizes a principal to sue a surety for bad faith. For the reasons set forth below, the court answers in the negative and, therefore, grants summary judgment.
On February 16, 1990, Shannon R. Ginn, as president of Shannon R. Ginn Construction Company, entered into a construction contract with Palm Beach County (the “County”) to…
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