E. Retail Props., Inc. v. Greenfield Prop. Dev., LLC

The case before us involves the extent to which a developer of commercial property owed a commission to a real estate broker with respect to a specific lease that the developer executed with a third party. Following a Superior Court jury trial, and the denial of the plaintiff's motion for additur (or in the alternative for a new trial on damages), both sides appealed. We affirm the amended judgment and the trial judge's posttrial rulings in all respects.

Background.3 At the center of this case is a twenty-seven acre parcel of vacant land in the town of Greenfield (the property). Defendant…