Frost

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The underlying dispute between the parties relates to the 2012 sale of a residential property by defendant Vanna Regner to Frost. After dealing with sewer drainage issues at the property during the two years following the sale, Frost sued Regner for breach of contract, intentional misrepresentation, and intentional fraudulent concealment. Among other things, the complaint alleged Regner knew and actively concealed that there were significant plumbing problems which made the property uninhabitable without substantial repairs to its plumbing system. Amendments to the complaint added as defendants two real estate agents involved in the 2012 sale, Edward Escano and Scott MacDonald, as well as companies for which they allegedly were agents, including Pickford Real Estate, Inc. (Pickford), and added breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty claims against those added defendants.

2 Frost’s claims were tried to a jury in August 2017. At the close of Frost’s case, Escano, MacDonald, and Pickford successfully moved for nonsuit. The jury ultimately returned a special verdict in Regner’s favor on Frost’s remaining claims. The trial court entered judgment…