California Court of Appeal

Surety to construction contractor in government contract must pay contractor's wage and hour deficiencies because the contractor is the surety's principal and surety's rights are subrogated to the contractor, who owes the debt to its creditors.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/04/2001
• Published 04/05/2001

Judges

•  DAVIS, Acting P.J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, Department of Industrial Relations, Ramon Yuen-Garcia, for defendant and appellant Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement., Leslie, Powell & Hanneman, Robert E. Leslie and Frederick C. Hannemann, San Francisco, for defendant and respondent General Accident Insurance Company of America.