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Article: Deal reached in land sale suit; Steinhafels settles with Realtor over commission
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 5, 2006
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Less than three months have passed since an appeals court, with a
sharply worded rebuke, reinstated a lawsuit over a $4.2 million land
purchase for a 400,000-square-foot Steinhafels Inc. store, but a
partial settlement has been reached in the bitter battle.
The lawsuit contends that the retailer and the couple who sold the
land in the City of Pewaukee deliberately delayed the sale to avoid a
$294,000 real estate sales commission and the state Court of Appeals
recently reinstated it about one year after a judge dismissed it.
In sending the case back to the trial court, the appellate panel
noted that the lawsuit "establishes that Steinhafels encouraged" the
sellers to breach the property ...