Employers Mutual Casualty Co. v. City of Marion

LAVORATO, Justice.

Employers Mutual Casualty Co. brought this declaratory judgment action to determine its liability on a public improvement bond. See Iowa Code § 573.2 (1995). The defendants are the City of Marion and subcontractors who filed claims after the city canceled its contract with a contractor who had agreed to construct a public improvement for the city. Employers Mutual sought a ruling that the subcontractors had not filed *658their claims in a timely manner to preserve their rights against the bond. The district court sustained the subcontractors’ motion for summary judgment,…