Metro Properties, Inc. v. Yatsko

OPINION

This appeal concerns an alleged breach of an oral agreement among real-estate brokers to share a commission on the sale of real estate. It also addresses the propriety of an attorney’s fee award in connection with a failed attempt to arbitrate this dispute. The plaintiff, real-estate broker Metro Properties, Inc. (Metro), appeals from a Superior Court summary judgment in favor of the defendants, real-estate agents Edward Yatsko and Arthur Yatsko d/b/a Salisbury Agency (Salisbury). Metro contends that the motion justice erred because issues of material fact existed that precluded the…