Yancey

I.

INTRODUCTION

This case concerns a dispute over a real estate transaction. William Yancey and

Donald Spanninga1 entered into a contract for the sale of Yancey's house to Spanninga.

Robert Antoniadis, a real estate broker, acted as a dual agent in the deal. Yancey

Spanninga is not a party to this appeal. attempted to cancel the transaction before it was completed, and Spanninga sued Yancey

for specific performance of the purchase agreement. Yancey then counter-sued

Spanninga and added Antoniadis as a defendant on the cross-complaint, claiming that

Antoniadis exerted undue influence on Yancey to persuade Yancey to agree to the deal,

and that Antoniadis had breached a number of fiduciary duties that he owed to Yancey.

After a bench trial, the trial court found in favor of Spanninga and Antoniadis, and

against Yancey.

On appeal, Yancey contends that the trial court applied the wrong legal standards

in addressing the issue of undue influence. Yancey further contends that the trial court

compounded its error with respect to the issue of undue influence by failing to consider

whether there was evidence that Antoniadis either breached Yancey's…