November 06, 2018
A Texas federal judge on Monday dismissed a Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. counterclaim from Hunt Construction Group's suit over allegedly shoddy construction work on an Austin, Texas, hotel project and a related denied request for reimbursement under a performance bond.
November 05, 2018
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. on Friday told a Texas federal judge that Hunt Construction Group has breached a number of requirements under a nearly $31 million performance bond the insurer issued as part of an Austin, Texas, hotel project, urging the court to discharge the bond and free the insurer from Hunt's suit.
October 25, 2018
A Texas federal court on Thursday ordered Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and Cobb Mechanical Contractors Inc. to turn over documents in a $36 million lawsuit alleging shoddy construction work on a hotel project, finding that Cobb did not provide enough details of its $8 million counterclaim and Liberty failed to respond within the seven-day period allotted.
October 22, 2018
A Texas magistrate judge threw out Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.'s claim that Hunt Construction Group Inc. failed to properly oversee a subcontractor's work in a $36 million lawsuit related to the construction of the Fairmont Hotel in Austin, saying Hunt correctly argued that the insurer cannot sue it for breach of contract.
September 17, 2018
Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. has improperly failed to turn over documents and data in a $36 million lawsuit over shoddy construction work on a Texas hotel project, a construction firm said Monday, urging a federal court to force the insurer to give up the goods.
June 26, 2018
A Texas federal magistrate judge recommended Tuesday the denial of Liberty Mutual's bid to toss a fraud claim in litigation alleging a contractor cost a construction firm about $27 million by not honoring a contract to build the Fairmont Hotel in Austin, saying the suit's allegations are sufficient to support the claim.
June 30, 2017
A Texas federal judge on Thursday halted arbitration in a suit alleging Cobb Mechanical Contractors Inc. cost Hunt Construction Group Inc. about $27 million by not honoring a contract to build the Fairmont Hotel in Austin, ruling the construction firm and its subcontractor never agreed to arbitrate their disputes.
June 05, 2017
A Texas federal judge on Friday refused to dismiss Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.'s counterclaim against Hunt Construction Group Inc. seeking to void a $30 million performance bond it issued to a subcontractor Hunt accused of botching duties related to work on the Fairmont Hotel in Austin.
March 14, 2017
Hunt Construction Group Inc. asked a Texas federal judge to dismiss arbitration proceedings initiated by Cobb Mechanical Contractors in a dispute where Hunt is seeking $27 million for Cobb's failure to fulfill the terms of a contract to build the Fairmont Hotel in Austin, arguing there was no agreement to arbitrate.
March 08, 2017
Hunt Construction Group Inc. filed a lawsuit in Texas federal court Tuesday alleging Cobb Mechanical Contractors has cost it at least $27 million by not fulfilling the terms of a contract to build the Fairmont Hotel in Austin, and that Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., while liable for the costs, has refused to pay.