Natalie Weintraub, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Donald P. Krobatsch and Estella Krobatsch, Defendants-Appellants, and…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey reversed the Appellate Division’s summary‑judgment ruling and remanded the case for trial. The Court held that the purchasers’ claim of fraudulent concealment or nondisclosure of a vermin infestation raises genuine issues of fact that must be tried, and that the broker’s claim for commission is not barred by the purchasers’ rescission. Accordingly, the lower courts must determine liability for the escrow deposit and the broker’s commission at trial.