General Accident Insurance Co. of America v. Merritt-Meridian Construction Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding surety had right to indemnification for claims it reasonably determined it was liable for, regardless of actual liability
• holding surety entitled to summary judgment because defendant did not deposit collateral security and request surety defend against claims and because there was no evidence of bad faith
• standing for the proposition that the relationship of surety and contractor is set forth in the indemnification agreement and not the performance bond
• finding good faith in “the absence of an indication of fraud or collusion between [the surety company] and the claimants”
• equating “good faith” with “the absence of an indication of fraud or collusion between [the surety] and the [third-party] claimants”
• settling disputed claims after indemnitors failed to post collateral defeats a finding of bad faith

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