Reiner v. Kelley

This case arises from a routine real estate closing on September 12, 1980, at the law offices of Kelley & Keller Co., L.P.A., a legal professional association consisting of two shareholder-attorneys, Joseph P. Kelley and Mark D. Keller. At that closing, Joseph P. Kelley, on behalf of the L.P.A., was acting as the seller’s attorney, while plaintiffs, Donald W. Kelley and Lois J. Reiner, were acting as the seller’s real estate brokers.

One of the closing statements prepared by plaintiffs mistakenly stated that the transfer fee on the land involved in the closing was $14,980, an overstatement in…