Jones v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “We do not mean to suggest, however, that real estate brokers and salesmen owe no duty of candor towards buyers and other third parties outside of the normal seller/broker relationship. On the contrary, real estate brokers and salesmen may be held accountable in damages by third party purchasers for misrepresentation including the failure to disclose material information. See Shane v. Hoffmann, 227 Pa.Superior Ct. 176, 324 A.2d 532 (1974); cf. Young v. Dept. of Public Instruction, 105 Pa.Superior Ct. 153, 157, 160 A. 151, 153 (1932) (under the Act [Real Estate Brokers License Act of 1929, as amended, 63 P.S. § 431, et seq. ), a broker's responsibility "for knowingly making any substantial misrepresentation is the same whether they be made to his principal or to any other person, if they are made in an attempt to effect a purchase or sale of real estate for another person."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 330 Pa. Super. 216 - Slaybaugh v. Newman

2. ““(1) One who fails to disclose to another a fact that he knows may justifiably induce the other to act or refrain from acting in a business transaction is subject to the same liability to the other as though he had represented the nonexistence of the matter that he has failed to disclose, if, but only if, he is under a duty to the other to exercise reasonable care to disclose the matter in question.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hellman v. Thiele