United States Sixth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant-insurer on claims brought by a subcontractor under a labor and material payment bond is reversed in part where the district court erred in finding that a settlement agreement precluded plaintiff from recovering from defendant on the payment bond.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/09/2006
• Published 02/09/2006

Judges

• Before:  KENNEDY, COOK, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Michael D. Strong, Lathrop & Gage, L.C., Kansas City, Missouri, for Appellant.  Gregory J. Berberich, Gottesman & Associates, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Michael D. Strong, Michael P. O'Shea, Lathrop & Gage, L.C., Kansas City, Missouri, Robert M. Connolly, Stites & Harbison, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellant.  Gregory J. Berberich, Gottesman & Associates, Cincinnati, Ohio, J. Thomas Mellott, Statman, Harris, Siegel & Eyrich, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Appellee.