Legal Opinion
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Millis Roofing & Sheet Metal, Inc.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 7, 1981PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The plaintiff Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company (the bonding company) paid $79,000 in settlement of a claim arising from the failure of a roof which Millis Roofing and Sheet Metal, Inc. (Millis), had installed. The bonding company had executed, as a surety, a subcontractor’s performance bond on the work in question. Exercising rights under a general indemnity agreement, the bonding company brought an action for the amount of the settlement against Millis and its president, Martin Doliner, who was a coindemnitor on the indemnity agreement. A motion for summary judgment by the bonding…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- A. John Cohen Ins. Agency v. Middlesex Ins. Co.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
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