Zurich, the surety for the insolvent general contractor Bondfield, brought a motion to intervene as a party in a construction lien reference.
Zurich sought to participate in a vetting committee for the distribution of the owner's holdback among the timely lien claimants.
The court granted the motion, finding that Zurich had a direct interest in the holdback because it had made significant holdback advances to the major electrical and mechanical trades and had taken partial assignments of their lien rights.
The court ordered the timely claimants to pay Zurich's costs of $30,000.
