| ICSC Legal Database - Cases | Monday, February 22, 1999 05:06 PM |
| Citation: |
| Atlanta Market Center Mgmt. Co. v. McLane, 503 S.E. 2d, (Ga., 278 1998). |
| Issue: |
| An employee of a leasing company was to receive a bonus commission on leases in a certain building managed |
| by Equitable Real Estate Management. Equitable terminated its contract with the leasing company and |
| negotiated leases directly with the tenants. After the leasing company fired the employee, it orally agreed to |
| give a bonus on certain leases. Subsequently, the leasing company signed a new agreement with Equitable to |
| lease other property and released Equitable from all commissions under the old agreement. The employee sued |
| the leasing company for breach of fiduciary duty and breach of contract. She sued Equitable for tortious |
| interference with contract. The court held that there was no agency and no fiduciary duty owed to the employee |
| by the leasing company. It also held that Equitable was not a stranger to the deal and, therefore, could not be |
| held liable for tortious interference. |
| Classification 1: |
| Contracts |
| 01639 - Legal Update - Winter 1998 |
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