Lexon Insurance is chasing not less than $2.6 million from an Oregon contractor group after a fire district construction project dispute.
On January 6, 2026, Lexon Insurance Company filed a verified action in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon against Ben Fackler Construction, Inc. and a cluster of related companies and family members tied to the Fackler name. At the center of the dispute is a performance bond backing work for the SW Polk County Rural Fire Protection District on a construction contract.
Lexon, a corporation organized under the laws of Texas with its principal place of business in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, says it issued the bond on behalf of Ben Fackler Construction as principal, with the fire district as obligee, in a penal sum of $3,493,243.00. According to the filing, the fire district has made a claim on the bond and has alleged that Fackler Construction failed to fulfill its contractual obligations and performed defective work, leaving the district with damages of not less than $2,600,000.00, plus attorney’s fees, costs, and interest…