Stevenson Real Estate Services, Inc. v. CB Richard Ellis Real Estate Services, Inc.
Opinion
Opinion
Boland, J.
SUMMARY
Appellant Stevenson Real Estate Services, Inc. (Stevenson), appeals from a judgment entered after the trial court granted respondents’ motion for judgment on the pleadings without leave to amend. We conclude the first amended complaint failed to state a claim, and therefore the trial court properly granted the motion for judgment on the pleadings. However, appellant should be granted leave to amend his complaint to attempt to plead a claim based upon respondents’ alleged violation of the rules of an association of realtors.
BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
The operative pleading, Stevenson’s first amended complaint, alleged Stevenson and nonparty David Marón are licensed real estate brokers. Marón is a principal in Stevenson. It further alleged that sometime around 2001, Vision Entertainment (Vision) asked Stevenson and Marón to represent it in finding suitable property to lease in order to consolidate its three offices in a single location. Stevenson and Marón “expended hundreds of hours of time in providing Vision with information regarding spaces available to lease and conducting analysis of such spaces and ... of costs involved in moving into and leasing…