Barrett Financial Corp. v. Pine Insurance Agency

The Plaintiff, Barrett Financial Corporation (“Barrett”), brought this action alleging that the defendant, Pine Insurance, Inc. (“Pine Insurance”), failed to obtain proper insurance coverage in accordance with Barrett’s requests. Pine Insurance moves for summary judgment on the grounds that it had no duty as a matter of law to advise Barrett to purchase an all risk policy which Barrett contends it requested. For the reasons discussed below, Pine Insurance’s motion for summary judgment is ALLOWED.

BACKGROUND

It is undisputed that Barrett’s owner and principal, Arthur Arbetter, purchased a vacant…