Phillippe v. Shapell Industries, Inc.

43 Cal.3d 1247 (1987)

743 P.2d 1279

241 Cal. Rptr. 22

DAVID E. PHILLIPPE, Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

SHAPELL INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant and Appellant.

Docket No. L.A. 32034.

Supreme Court of California.

October 29, 1987.

COUNSEL

Fleischman & Rigdon and Robert N. Rigdon for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Cox, Castle & Nicholson and Kenneth B. Bley for Defendant and Appellant.

William M. Pfeiffer, Stephen A. Groome and Steven A. Sokol as Amici Curiae.

OPINION

EAGLESON, J.

A jury found in favor of plaintiff, a licensed real estate broker, in his action to recover a broker's commission from defendant, a real…