Legal Opinion
Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. West Point Construction Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided March 21, 1986No. 71458PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
At issue is whether defendant bonding company is obligated to the general contractor for the subcontractor’s default on a project, and, if so, whether the bonding company has a right of subrogation against the subcontractor. Because of our decision on the first question, the second is not reached.
Petitioner West Point Construction Company, a general contractor, subcontracted with third-party respondent Fast Electric, Inc. on a prison construction project after respondent bonding company, Fidelity & Deposit Company of Maryland, advised it upon inquiry that there would be no…
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