ACME Standex v. WCAB

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a surety owes a duty of good faith to both its principal and obligee, and by implication that a common law action for breach of this duty would be available where the surety is found to be liable on the underlying bond
• noting that a surety owes a duty of good faith and fair dealing to a principal
• explaining that a surety always owes a duty of good faith and fair dealing to a principal
• assuming without discussion that sureties owe duty of good faith in reliance on Dodge
• “This dual responsibility explains the surety’s careful examination of the nature of all presented claims before acting upon them.”
• “If the surety pays too quickly to the obligee, it may invite liability claims from the principal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).