SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, APPELLANT,
v.
UNITED PLUMBING & HEATING, INC., APPELLEE

Fla. 4th DCA | 1981-12-23
No. 81-73
DOWNEY and GLICKSTEIN, JJ., and DANIEL S. PEARSON, Associate Judge, concur.
407 So. 2d 1019 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (1981)

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Holding

A sub-contractor's surety bond, even if stated as one of indemnity only, can inure to the benefit of a third-party claimant's surety if the facts are analogous to precedent.


Facts & Procedural History

A general contractor's surety (Safeco) satisfied claims from unpaid suppliers of a sub-contractor. Safeco then sued the sub-contractor's surety (Finan…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the judgment in all respects except for a modification and reduction thereof in the sum of $5,250, which sum should have been reduced therefrom as conceded by appellee’s counsel in his closing argument before the trial court.

AFFIRMED AS MODIFIED.

DOWNEY and GLICKSTEIN, JJ., and DANIEL S. PEARSON, Associate Judge, concur.


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