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Remember Marty Ummel?

Do you remember this woman? She is the one who filed a lawsuit against a RE/Max agent named Michael Little who she and her husband accused of selling them a $1.2 million home they say was worth substantially less.

See our previous posts entitled Ummel’s Talk, You Decide and Ummels VS Re/Max.

Marty Ummel appeared on national television news programs such as the Today show claiming that she and her husband, Vernon, were deceived by Little in the process of making their purchase.

A jury of twelve (10 women, 2 men) were not convinced and delivered a unanimous decision after a quick two hour deliberation declaring that Little did not breach his duties and was not negligent in his actions on behalf of the Ummels.

Wendi Brick, jury forewoman, explained the verdict by saying, “We felt that yes, he had acted on their behalf, and we felt he met his fiduciary duties as defined…In any kind of purchase, especially one that big – and most of us have had our own situations we’d been through – the bottom line really stops with you. Whose final responsibility is it to sign a contract? It’s yours…”

Little described his feelings by saying, “I feel incredibly relieved and vindicated…it has been more than two years of quite problematic times for me, and I’m happy to get it behind me.”