Premiere Properties, Inc. v. Caron

Defendant broker, Premiere Properties, Inc., appeals the trial court’s order granting the plaintiff broker’s, Landmark Realty’s, motion for a new trial on damages in an action to recover a real estate commission. We reverse the order granting a new trial on damages.

Landmark claimed that it had obtained an exclusive listing to sell an office site called Grove Park, and A1 Arostegui, who was a real estate agent with Premiere, had a client named Michael Goldberg who was interested in purchasing commercial property. Landmark and Arostegui entered into a co-brokerage agreement which provided for a…