Performance Bond Liability Not Increased by Liquidated Damages

A performance bond surety’s liability for actual and liquidated damages incurred by the project owner as a result of contractor default was limited to the penal sum of the bond. Nothing in the language of the bond expressly increased the liability to cover liquidated damages.

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