Cushman & Wakefield of Florida, Inc. v. Schaecter

Cushman & Wakefield of Florida, a licensed real estate brokerage, appeals the final judgment which found that Cygne Design, Inc., the buyer/lessee, was an unknown party in the relationship between Cushman & Wakefield and the Schaecters, the seller/lessor. For the following reasons, we reverse.

Cushman & Wakefield was the party that introduced Cygne Design to the Schaecters, and was a broker involved in the negotiations between these parties. It is entitled to its commission because it was the procuring cause. See Estes v. Moylan, 94 So.2d 362, 365 (Fla.1957)(en banc); see also Sheldon Greene &…