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THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF FACT WHETHER THE BROKER REPRESENTED BOTH SELLERS AND BUYER WITHOUT DISCLOSING THE DUAL REPRESENTATION, A BREACH OF A FIDUCIARY DUTY, AND THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF FACT WHETHER THE SELLERS WERE FRAUDULENTLY INDUCED BY THE BROKER TO ENTER THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, BROKER’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined there was a question of fact whether defendant real estate broker, JRMR, breached a fiduciary duty owed to the sellers of real property, and whether JRMR fraudulently induced the sellers to enter the purchase agreement. Although JRMR represented the sellers, emails between JRMR and the buyer raised a question of fact whether JRMR was acting on behalf of both the buyer and the sellers without disclosing the dual representation (a breach of a fiduciary duty):

It is well settled that, “because of a broker’s fiduciary duties, he [or she] has the affirmative duty not to act for a party whose interests are adverse to those of the principal, unless he [or she] has the consent of the principal given after full knowledge of the facts . . . Accordingly, he [or she] cannot act as agent for both seller and purchaser of property in a real estate transaction” … . “Where a broker’s interests or loyalties are divided due to . . . [the] representation of multiple parties, the broker must disclose to the principal . . . the material facts illuminating the broker’s divided loyalties”… . Indeed, “[a] failure to disclose any interest tending to influence the [broker] . . . constitutes a breach of [the broker’s] fiduciary obligation and precludes [the broker] from recovering for services rendered” … . * * *

… [The sellers’] evidence raised issues of fact whether [the broker] made misrepresentations to them concerning the value of their properties and the willingness of [the buyer] to purchase different property, and whether [the broker] knew of the falsity of those statements and made them with the intent to induce [the sellers’] reliance on them. [The sellers] also submitted evidence raising triable issues of fact whether they justifiably relied on [the broker’s] misrepresentations and suffered damages as a result. Northland E., LLC v J.R. Militello Realty, Inc., 2018 NY Slip Op 05078, Fourth Dept 7-6-18

​REAL ESTATE (THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF FACT WHETHER THE BROKER REPRESENTED BOTH SELLERS AND BUYER WITHOUT DISCLOSING THE DUAL REPRESENTATION, A BREACH OF A FIDUCIARY DUTY, AND THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF FACT WHETHER THE SELLERS WERE FRAUDULENTLY INDUCED BY THE BROKER TO ENTER THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, BROKER’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FOURTH DEPT))/FRAUD (REAL ESTATE, THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF FACT WHETHER THE BROKER REPRESENTED BOTH SELLERS AND BUYER WITHOUT DISCLOSING THE DUAL REPRESENTATION, A BREACH OF A FIDUCIARY DUTY, AND THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF FACT WHETHER THE SELLERS WERE FRAUDULENTLY INDUCED BY THE BROKER TO ENTER THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, BROKER’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FOURTH DEPT))/BROKERS (REAL ESTATE, THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF FACT WHETHER THE BROKER REPRESENTED BOTH SELLERS AND BUYER WITHOUT DISCLOSING THE DUAL REPRESENTATION, A BREACH OF A FIDUCIARY DUTY, AND THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF FACT WHETHER THE SELLERS WERE FRAUDULENTLY INDUCED BY THE BROKER TO ENTER THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, BROKER’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FOURTH DEPT))/FIDUCIARY DUTY (REAL ESTATE, BROKERS, THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF FACT WHETHER THE BROKER REPRESENTED BOTH SELLERS AND BUYER WITHOUT DISCLOSING THE DUAL REPRESENTATION, A BREACH OF A FIDUCIARY DUTY, AND THERE ARE QUESTIONS OF FACT WHETHER THE SELLERS WERE FRAUDULENTLY INDUCED BY THE BROKER TO ENTER THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, BROKER’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN GRANTED (FOURTH DEPT))

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