Cushman & Wakefield of New Jersey, Inc. v. Alexander Summer Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BAIME, J.A.D.

Cushman & Wakefield (C & W) brought this action against Alexander Summer Co. (Summer Company) and United Jersey Bank (UJB) to recover brokerage commissions and punitive damages, alleging tortious interference with contract and tortious interference with prospective economic advantage. The complaint alleged that UJB utilized C & W’s brokerage services to obtain leases for its new operations center and for two branch banks. C & W claimed that it introduced UJB to Hartz Mountain, the developer, negotiated the terms of the transactions and…