Laborers Local Union 779 Pension, Welfare, & Annuityfunds v. American Casualty Co. of Reading

HELEN E. HOENS, J.S.C.

Before the court are the cross-motions for summary judgment filed by the parties to this action. These motions raise a number of issues of first impression relating to the meaning and interpre*347tation of the New Jersey Public Works Bond Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:44-143 et seq., including an issue specifically left open by our Supreme Court in Board of Trustees v. L.B.S. Construction Co., Inc., 148 N.J. 561, 691 A.2d 339 (1997), cert. denied, 522 U.S. 861, 118 S.Ct. 163, 139 L.Ed.2d 107 (1997). The procedural history of this dispute is complex and the factual contentions, although…