Legal Opinion
Emma Corp. v. Inglewood Unified School District
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 6, 2004No. B163469PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ORTEGA, J.
Emma Corporation, a licensed building contractor, submitted the low bid on a school construction project proposed by the Inglewood Unified School District. (Pub. Contract Code, § 100 et seq.; all further section references are to the Public Contract Code.) As required, Emma included a bond issued by Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland for 10 percent of the bid, which would be forfeited if Emma won the contract but refused to perform.
Emma discovered it had failed to include its plumbing subcontractor’s costs in its bid, which thus was nearly $800,000 too low. Emma timely…
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