Fruge v. ONOB, INC.

AMY, Judge.

[,The defendant broker company appeals the trial court’s judgment granting the plaintiffs motion for summary judgment. The defendant asserts that the trial court erred in finding that it owed a duty to the plaintiff, a prospective seller, to place deposit money given by the prospective buyer into its escrow account when the plaintiff and a prospective buyer never executed a purchase agreement. For the following reasons, we reverse and render judgment in favor of the defendant.

Factual and Procedural Background

The plaintiff, John Terrell Fruge (Fruge), hired the defendant, ONOB, Inc.…