Sonnenschein v. Elliman-Gibbons & Ives
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rosenberger, J. P.
The question presented by this case is whether a real estate broker breaches its fiduciary duty to the seller by showing other sellers’ apartments to a prospective purchaser. We conclude that a broker is entitled to show multiple sellers’ properties to the same prospective buyer, absent any restriction to the contrary in the agreement between broker and seller.
In the summer of 1990, plaintiffs Irving and Martha Sonnenschein listed their Manhattan condominium apartment for sale with a real estate broker, Phyllis Koch Real Estate (Koch). The original asking…
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