Burke v. Gammarino

Marianna Brown Bettman, Judge.

Defendant-appellant, Al Gammarino, is a real estate broker licensed by the state of Ohio. At a Hamilton County sheriff’s sale in May 1986, Gammarino purchased property located at 2783 Shaffer Avenue (“Shaffer Avenue property”) on behalf of himself and Mark Jansen. At the time of purchase, each of the men became half owners of the property.

In July 1986, suit was filed to set aside the sheriffs sale. Jansen retained plaintiff-appellee Daniel Burke, an attorney who had represented Jansen on ten to fifteen occasions, to represent both Gammarino’s and Jansen’s…