Lazar

Filed 12/19/

CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION

IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

DIVISION THREE

LAURA LAZAR, B321752

Plaintiff and Appellant, (Los Angeles County Super. Ct. No. 19STCV17351) v.

LYNETTE BISHOP et al.,

Defendants and Respondents.

APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, Steven J. Kleifield, Judge. Reversed with directions. Law Office of Robert S. Gerstein, Robert S. Gerstein; Morris S. Getzels Law Office, and Morris S. Getzels for Plaintiff and Appellant. Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester, Frederic W. Trester, Steven J. Renick, and Antoinette M. Marino for Defendants and Respondents. Brian A. Manson, Neil Kalin, and Joseph Yoon for California Association of Realtors as Amicus Curiae in support of Defendants and Respondents. _________________________ Laura Lazar (plaintiff) sued real estate brokers Lynette Bishop, Shen Shulz, Sotheby’s International Realty, Inc. (Sotheby’s), and Shen Realty, Inc. (collectively, defendants) for breach of the fiduciary duty defendants owed to plaintiff’s father in connection with the sale of his Malibu house (the house). The…