United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Feibus

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• holding that the terms of the indemnity agreement governed and its language \does not require that payments be made only in the face of actual liability under the bonds\
• concluding that evidence that a surety settled a claim despite the principal’s allegations that the owner was in default could not establish bad faith when the principal ignored numerous requests to post collateral
• concluding that evidence that a surety settled a claim despite the principal's allegations that the owner was in default could not establish bad faith when the principal ignored numerous requests to post collateral
• rejecting indemnitors’ arguments that there must be actual liability under the bonds before the surety may recover from the indemnitors
• rejecting principal's argument that surety had acted in bad faith where principal failed to submit evidence of dishonest purpose or improper motive in surety's failure to investigate claims
• evidence of excessive payments on claims does not rise to the level of bad faith

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