Ellis v. Safety Insurance

Two of the plaintiffs are family members: Dorothy Ellis and Hayde Little are daughter and mother. The third plaintiff, Anthony Goodnews Eneonye (Goodnews), and Little are friends and housemates. Ellis, Little and Goodnews appeal from the entry of summary judgment against them on all six counts of their complaint, which essentially arises out of Ellis’s ownership of a Jaguar automobile insured by defendant Safety Insurance Co. (Safety). Safety refused to settle Ellis’s claim after she reported her automobile stolen. The plaintiffs allege that, in the process of investigating Ellis’s claim,…