Booska v. Hubbard Insurance Agency, Inc.

Plaintiffs sued their insurance agency, one of its individual agents, and plaintiffs’ fire insurance carrier, following a fire that severely damaged a house they had purchased and were in the process of renovating. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of all defendants, and plaintiffs appeal. We affirm.

Plaintiffs bought a house in Bristol for $47,500 in 1989. It is undisputed that plaintiff Ora Booska met with Deborah Wheeling, an agent of defendant Hubbard Insurance Agency, Inc., at or near the date of the closing. At that time, according to Booska’s sworn statement, he told…