Douglas
Elliman
is
joining


Howard
Hanna and HomeServices
of
America
in
being
voluntarily
dismissed
from
the
Batton
homebuyer

commission
lawsuits.

In
their
notice
filed
on
Tuesday,
the
Batton
plaintiffs
stated
that
that
their
claims
were
dismissed
without
prejudice,
noting
that
the
”dismissal
is
proper
because
Douglas
Elliman
Inc.
has
not
yet
served
either
an
answer
or
a
motion
for
summary
judgment.”

There
are
two
Batton
suits,
both
filed
by
the
same
group
of
homebuyer
plaintiffs.

The
first
Batton
suit
was
filed
in
Illinois
in
January
2021
by
Judah
Leeder
and
later
amended
in
July
2022
with
Mya
Batton
as
the
lead
plaintiff.
The
defendants
in
the
suit
include

National
Association
of
Realtors, Anywhere, Keller
Williams, HomeServices
of
America and RE/MAX.

The
second
Batton
suit
was
filed
in
November
2023,
just
days
after
the
jury
verdict
in
the
Sitzer/Burnett
suit
was
announced,
and
the
defendants
include Compass, eXp
World
Holdings, Redfin, Weichert
Realtors, United
Real
Estate, Howard
Hanna and Douglas
Elliman.

Both
Howard
Hanna
and
HomeServices
of
America
were
voluntarily
dismissed
from
their
respective
lawsuits
earlier
this
year.

In
April,
Douglas
Elliman
joined
eXp,
Keller
Williams,
RE/MAX
and
Anywhere
in
filing
a

motion
to
dismiss
for
lack
of
jurisdiction,
as
well
as
a
joint
motion
to
dismiss
for
failure
to
state
a
claim
and
a
motion
strike
the
complaint
along
with
Compass,
eXp,
Redfin,
Weichert,
and
United
Real
Estate.

Douglas
Elliman
has
also
recently

settled
the
home
seller

commission
lawsuits.
The
firm
did
not
return
a
request
for
comment.

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