Court:
Judge: Kantrowitz
Subject: Real estate broker blunders
Tone: Even-handed
Importance: 5.2
An old saying in
Today offered a respite from brokers’ well publicized tales of woe. In Quinlan v. Clasby, No. 06-P-1500, the
Cosmically, the plaintiffs sure deserved to lose. Though this was a pretty straightforward dispute, they included an emotional distress claim. Emotional distress? Because you sold an investment property for less than you thought you could? A novel theory.
*For the record, Decisionism thinks that like (ahem) most other professions, a few bad apples give the vast majority of real estate brokers – an honest, diligent, pleasant bunch – a bad rap.
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