Legal Opinion
Sonnenschein v. Douglas Elliman-Gibbons & Ives
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 2, 2001PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Graffeo, J.
Once oral negotiations have commenced between a seller and a potential purchaser concerning a real estate transaction, does the brokerage firm that produced the potential purchaser owe the seller a duty to refrain from showing the potential purchaser additional properties? We hold that it does not.
Plaintiffs Irving and Martha Sonnenschein purchased a condominium apartment in a building in Manhattan in 1989 but never resided there. Instead, they immediately listed the apartment for resale on an exclusive basis with Phyllis Koch Real Estate, agreeing to pay Koch a…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Dubbs v. Stribling & AssociatesNew York Court of Appeals · 2001
- McEvoy v. GinsbergMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Foley v. MathiasSupreme Court of Iowa · 1930
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