AUTO-OWNERS INS. CO. v. SOUTHEAST FLOATING DOCKS, INC.

No. 08-14133.

571 F.3d 1143 (2009)

AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee, v. SOUTHEAST FLOATING DOCKS, INC., Alan L. Simpson, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Gregory Meeks, Jaime L. Theriot, Troutman Sanders, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Richard A. DeTar, Miles & Stockbridge, PC, Easton, MD, for Appellants.

Peter M. Gannott, Thomas E. Crafton, Alber Crafton, PSC, Louisville, KY, Robert E. Bonner, Meier Bonner Muszynski Doyle, O'Dell & Harvey, P.A., Orlando, FL, for Appellee.

Before BLACK and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and QUIST, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

The issue in this appeal is whether the district court erred when it granted a surety's motion for new trial after the jury found the surety settled a claim in bad faith. The surety, Auto-Owners Insurance Company (Auto-Owners), issued a bond in favor of Rivermar Contracting Company (Rivermar) securing the performance of Southeast Floating Docks, Inc., and its president, Alan Simpson (collectively Southeast). In connection with the bond, Southeast executed...

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