TRAVELERS CAS. & SUR. CO. v. BOWMAN

No. 103759.

893 N.E.2d 583 (2008)

229 Ill.2d 461

TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY, Appellee, v. James A. BOWMAN et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

July 24, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl F. Safanda, Geneva, for appellants.

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, Chicago (Stephen R. Swofford, John E. Sebastian, Clifford E. Yuknis, of counsel), for appellee.

Clausen Miller P.C., Chicago (Randall I. Marmor, Agelo L. Reppas, of counsel), for amicus curiae Surety & Fidelity Association of America.


OPINION

Justice KILBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

Plaintiff, Travelers Casualty & Surety Company, filed suit against defendants, James A. and Barbara B. Bowman, for breach of a written indemnity agreement relating to performance bonds. The circuit court of Kane County granted the Bowmans' motion to dismiss, finding the cause of action time-barred by the four-year statute of limitations in section 13-214(a) of the Code of Civil...

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