BILLY DODSON, APPELLANT,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• Dadeland Depot, Inc. v. ST. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 945 So. 2d 1216 (Fla. 2006)
  …y Damages Chargeable to Performance Bond Surety, 21 Cal.W.L.Rev. 128 (1984) ] at 137. The liability of a surety is coextensive with that of the principal. Cone v. Benjamin, 150 Fla. 419, 8 So. 2d 476 (1942); National Union Fire Ins. Co. v. Robuck, 203 So. 2d 204 (Fla. 1st DCA 1967), cert. denied, 212 So. 2d 869 (Fla.1968). However, the surety’s liability for damages is limited by the terms of the bond. Cone; Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Sholtz, 123 Fla. 837, 168 So. 25 (1935). Florida courts have long recogniz…
• Am. Home Assurance Co. v. Larkin Gen. Hosp., Ltd., 593 So. 2d 195 (Fla. 1992)
  …e the reasonable costs of completion if the contractor defaults. Sobel, supra, at 137. The liability of a surety is coextensive with that of the principal. Cone v. Benjamin, 150 Fla. 419, 8 So. 2d 476 (1942); National Union Fire Ins. Co. v. Robuck, 203 So. 2d 204 (Fla. 1st DCA 1967), cert. denied, 212 So. 2d 869 (Fla.1968). However, the surety’s liability for damages is limited by the terms of the bond. Cone; Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. Sholtz, 123 Fla. 837, 168 So. 25 (1935). Florida courts have long'recogniz…
• Hubbel v. AETNA Cas. & Sur. Co., 758 So. 2d 94 (Fla. 2000)
  …rety is coextensive with that of the principal, see American Home Assurance Co. v. Larkin General Hospital, Ltd., 593 So. 2d 195, 198 (Fla.1992) (citing Cone v. Benjamin, 150 Fla. 419, 8 So. 2d 476 (1942), and National Union Fire Ins. Co. v. Robuck, 203 So. 2d 204 (Fla. 1st DCA 1967)), with the caveat that the surety’s liability is limited by the terms of the bond. See American Home, 593 So. 2d at 198. Holding Aetna responsible for attorney’s fees and costs as part of the judgment based on the specific facts…