BOVIS LEND LEASE (LMB) INC. v. LOWER MANHATTAN DEVELOPMENT CORP.

1942, 603243/09.

143 A.D.3d 597 (2016)

2016 NY Slip Op 06952

40 N.Y.S.3d 371

BOVIS LEND LEASE (LMB) INC., Plaintiff/Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant-Respondent, v. LOWER MANHATTAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Defendant. ARCH INSURANCE CO., Third-Party Defendant-Respondent-Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided October 25, 2016.


The court erred in dismissing the claim asserted by Bovis, the general contractor on the construction project and obligee of the performance bonds, that Arch, as surety thereof, breached the bonds. The court found that Arch's alleged nonperformance was excused by Bovis's breach of the bonds by prohibiting Arch from retaining Galt to complete its work after it was terminated. However, the bonds expressly required Arch's replacement of Galt to be "in accordance with" Galt's...

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