Legal Opinion
Regional Redevelopment Corp. v. Hoke
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 29, 1988No. 86-1173, 86-1255 and 87-147PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
This case involves a dispute over a real estate brokerage commission in which the plaintiff broker, Hoke, doubled as an expert witness. The jury awarded Hoke a commission of $60,000, six percent of the sale price of $1 million. Appellants are the defendants Regional Redevelopment Corporation and Sidney J. Brown (whom we shall refer to collectively as “Regional”).
The main issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in allowing Hoke to testify as an expert when he had not been listed as such in pretrial documents. We hold that the trial court did not abuse its…
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