Sanowicz v. Bacal

Opinion

GOODMAN, J. *

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Hillel Sanowicz (Sanowicz) and defendant Ben Bacal (Bocal) are licensed real estate salespersons. Sanowicz alleges that he and Bacal agreed to share commissions earned by either of them on certain sales of real property, but that Bacal breached that agreement. Sanowicz sued both Bacal and Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. (Sotheby’s), dismissing the latter shortly after filing suit. This appeal is from the judgment entered by the trial court sustaining without leave to amend Bacal’s general demurrer to Sanowicz’s first amended complaint. We hold…