Land & Sea Petroleum, Inc. v. Business Specialists, Inc.
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtGerber, J.
Land & Sea Petroleum, Inc. (the “seller”) appeals the denial of its motion to recover its attorney’s fees and costs from brokers Business Specialists, Inc. (“Specialists”) and Continental Business, Inc. (“Continental”). We find that the seller is entitled to recover its attorney’s fees and costs from the brokers on various grounds. Thus, we reverse.
The seller and Specialists entered into a written contract providing that Specialists would broker the sale of the seller’s business and land in exchange for a commission. In the contract, the seller acknowledged that Specialists could co-broker…
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