ABOUT THE CLAIM: . Recently, Guardian Group’s Surety Group was called in by a longtime client on an unusual claim. Although, that said, is there really such a thing as a “usual” claim in the worlds of surety and construction defects? No, not really. Every situation is different and must be assessed objectively, with the benefit of experience, of course,...

ABOUT THE CLAIM: Not too long ago, one of Guardian’s longstanding surety clients called us regarding one of their bonded contractors, an extremely skilled electrician who had requested bridge financing and for whom they were concerned had overextended his company. Of the company’s 14 bonded projects, one of the largest was a 35,000 s/f facility that utilized a state-of-the-art smart...

ABOUT THESE TYPES OF CASES: When most of us hear about slip and fall lawsuits, thoughts often turn to late-night television commercials for ambulance-chasing personal injury attorneys or, perhaps, to fictional lawyers such as Jimmy McGill from AMC’s “Better Call Saul” whose amoral stunts had once earned him the nickname “Slippin’ Jimmy.” But people do indeed slip and fall, and...