Legal Opinion

Clayton B. Obersheimer, Inc. v. Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided June 21, 2012Published

1Opinion of the CourtPeters, P.J.

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (O’Shea, J.), entered September 28, 2011 in Chemung County, which, among other things, granted plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment.

Plaintiff is a subcontractor of Massa Construction, Inc., which had been hired to perform a public improvement project for the Elmira City School District. In accordance with State Finance Law § 137, Massa secured a labor and materials bond (hereinafter the bond) for the project from defendant, a surety, which guaranteed payment to all subcontractors on the project in the event that Massa failed to meet its…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Zuckerman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. Frank Felix Associates, Ltd. v. Austin Drugs, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
  3. Schuler-Haas Electric Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1976
  4. Restoration Realty Corp. v. RoberoNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  5. Robert Cohn Associates, Inc. v. KosichAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009

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