Szarkowski v. Reliance Insurance Co.

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• holding that bond claimant “ha[d] a right to bring an independent tort action against [the surety] for breach of [the] duty [of good faith and fair dealing]”
• holding without discussion that compensated sureties should be treated as insurers and that all insurers owe a duty of good faith and fair dealing
• company that issued performance bond was in the “business of insurance” for purposes of N.D.C.C. ch. 26.1-04

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).