Roofing Subcontractor’s Arbitration Award For Nonpayment Affirmed By Judge

(July 1, 2020, 8:42 AM EDT) -- MIAMI — A federal judge in Florida on June 18 granted a roofing subcontractor’s motion to confirm a $681,168.40 arbitration award based on a contractor’s failure to pay for work on a federal building in Miami pursuant to a subcontract, holding that an arbitrator was impartial and properly considered evidence, and ruled that summary judgment should be awarded against the bond surety company hired to ensure that the contractor timely paid the subcontractor (United States, ex rel. Salomon Construction & Roofing Inc. v. BES Design/Build LLC, et al., No. 18-cv-21059-UU, S.D. Fla., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 107775)....