Koustas Realty, Inc. v. Regency Square Partnership

METZGER, Judge.

Plaintiff, Koustas Realty, Inc. (Koustas), appeals the judgment entered on the jury verdict in this complex multi-party action, contending that the trial court committed reversible error in allowing two extra peremptory challenges to James H. Butcher. We reverse.

Koustas, a licensed real estate broker, commenced this action in 1977, claiming that it was entitled to a $100,000 commission on a commercial leasing transaction in which Regency Square Partnership (Regency) had been the lessor. In its first claim, it sought to recover from Pipeyard Partnership, Regency’s predecessor in…