New England Retail Properties, Inc. v. Commerce Park Associates 11, LLC.

OPINION

A statute, G.L.1956 § 5-20.5-21, prevents any person from maintaining a lawsuit to recover a commission, fee, or other compensation for any act that only licensed real-estate brokers can perform — unless that person was a duly licensed broker when he, she, or it performed the act in question. A Superior Court justice relied upon this statute to grant summary judgment in favor of the defendant, property owner Commerce Park Associates 11, LLC (Commerce Park), against the plaintiff, real-estate agent New England Retail Properties, Inc. (New England).

When it began this lawsuit, New England…