Douglas Elliman LLC v. Tretter, (New York Court of Appeals 2012) 20 N.Y.3d 875, 995 N.Y.S.2d 851 (argued October 9, 2012)
We represented a large real estate brokerage firm where we reversed the lower court before the Appellate Division, First Department (84 A.D.3d 446). The New York Court of Appeals took the case to hear argument on the very important issue of dual agency by the broker. The question was whether a real estate broker hired by a seller had the right to show competing luxury apartments to a prospective buyer over the objection of the seller. The seller claimed that the broker by deferring to the buyer’s request to see competing apartments became a dual agent without seller’s consent. This would have resulted in forfeiture of the commission. The Court of Appeals after hearing argument by us decided that the broker was not a dual agent but merely acting for the good of the marketplace as a whole. Judgment was awarded to our client.
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