Contractors Equipment Maintenance Co. ex rel. United States v. Bechtel Hanford, Inc.

MEMORANDUM *

P.W. Stephens (“Stephens”), a subcontractor, defaulted on its multi-year subcontract with Bechtel Hanford, Inc. (“Bechtel”) to perform environmental clean up work at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation (“the Hanford site”). The district court awarded Bechtel damages and attorney’s fees, costs, and prejudgment interest from Acstar Insurance Company (“Acstar”), a performance and payment bond surety for Stephens.

On appeal, Acstar contests the district court’s award of damages and attorney’s fees, costs, and prejudgment interest, and asserts that it was entitled to equitable subrogation…