Brian was a private lender. He authorized Angelo, a mortgage broker, to find borrowers for him and instructed Angelo that he wanted at least 4% annual interest rate for all loans. Angelo found Betty, who was in the market for a home loan, and helped her fill out a loan application. Betty fell short of qualifying for the loan because her income was not high enough to meet the monthly principal and interest payments based on Brians minimal, acceptable interest rate. She asked Angelo to reduce the interest rate by half of a percent. Angelo submitted the application with an interest rate of 3.5%. A month later, the loan closed. Betty moved in to her new home. Brian said to Angelo, You made a loan that did not conform to my requirements. I dont owe you any commission.

Five years later, Betty decided to sell her house. She hired Al, a real estate broker, and gave her a listing for a quarter of a year. A month later, Al suffered a disease that required medication. Als doctor negligently prescribed three drugs for him, one of which he did not really need. As a result of taking the drugs, Al experienced temporary insanity, hallucination and amnesia for a month and a half. Upon recovery, Al brought a full price offer to Betty, who rejected it. The offeror was a ready, willing, and able buyer. Al demanded commission from Bettyand she refused.

Betty decided to list her house with Amy, a real estate broker. Amy brought some prospects to see the house. One of them, Ingrid, noticed dry rots on the side of the garage window and asked, Does this house have termites? Amy answered, Itis completely free of termites. In fact, there were termite infestations all over the house and Amy knew it all along. Ingrid asked Amy why Betty wanted to sell the house. Amy told her, Betty lost a lot of money in risky junk bonds and had to borrow money from different people to pay for daily necessities. Make any offer. You can imagine what sort of financial hole she must be in. Youre going to get yourself a great deal.

Ingrid did not make an offer on Bettys house. Amy continued to hold open houses and found Bruno, who made an offer through Amy at $500,000. Amy contacted her brother in law, Bruce, and had him sign an offer at $475,000 for Bettys house. Amy told Betty, Your house is pretty worthless. Look at it, its a mess. The only thing you can do is to drop the price. I think $475,000 is the best deal youre going to get. Betty was convinced by Amys persuasion and sold the property to Bruce at $475,000. Amy then sold the house to Bruno for $500,000.

What issues of agency law are raised in this fact pattern? Discuss.