Santaniello v. Bennett

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

After Richard Santaniello’s purchase of a business owned by Lester Lamar Bennett IV failed to close, Santaniello sued Bennett, Georgia Investment Properties Enterprises, Inc. (the “Brokerage Company”), and Robert Johnson, who owned the Brokerage Company, seeking to recover the $200,000 he paid as earnest money for the purchase of the business. Bennett filed a motion for summary judgment, which was granted by the trial court. Because a jury question remains as to whether an employee of the Brokerage Company, as Bennett’s agent, waived the requirement that San-taniello…