Article: NY courts open to brokers suing for NJ commissions. (New York real estate brokers allowed to sue through New York courts over services performed in New Jersey)

A New York broker who was prevented from suing for a commission in New Jersey can sue in New York an Appellate Division court ruled last month.

A lower court judge had previously decided the broker could not sue in New York, despite an Appellate Division Jersey court saying he could.

The new ruling reverses a recent trend of decisions that significantly restricted a New York real estate broker's ability to earn a commission on a transaction involving out-of-state property, said Jay J. Gurfein, a partner in Gurfein & Graubard. Gurfein represented the broker in the New York State court portions of the case titled Rosenberg & Rosenberg, P. C. vs. David ...

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