Legal Opinion
Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. Sweet's Contracting, Inc.
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 20, 2014No. CV-13-779PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JIM HANNAH, Chief Justice.
|TThe issues in this appeal involve a pay-if-paid clause in a construction subcontract and the scope of a surety’s obligations under a lien-release bond. Appellant, BCC Construction, LLC, d/b/a Boyd Cor-ley Construction, LLC (“BCC”), and ap-pellee, Sweet’s Contracting, Inc. (“SCI”), entered into a subcontract on August 7, 2008. BCC, as the general contractor, hired SCI to perform excavation work on a Walgreens project in Batesville, Arkansas. The subcontract contained what is commonly known in the construction industry as a pay-if-paid clause. The pay-if-paid clause…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Mascioni v. I. B. Miller, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Switzer v. Shelter Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2005
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Bingham v. C & L Electric CooperativeCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2015
- Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. Sweet's Contracting, Inc.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 2014