Opinion ID: 1454569
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: the jury's damage award

Text: The Osterhuses received $74,201.78 in damages including damages for the following: (1) $48,500.00 to compensate the Osterhuses for the loan they secured to satisfy the debt owed to Pioneer Citizen's Bank and The Lloyd Gotchy Trust; (2) $8,377.51 for interest paid on the $48,-500.00 loan; (3) $2,677.00 for back taxes on the lot; (4) $457.27 for the power bill lien on the lot; (5) $9,600.00 for the amount the Osterhuses paid Jon Michaelsen to cover the real estate commission Keystone Realty was to receive for selling the lot and home in the Northwood Estates subdivision; and, finally, (6) $4,500.00 for the real estate commission paid to Keystone Realty for the sale of the home on Stephanie Way. Keystone Realty asserts the damages the Osterhuses received were excessive. We agree. There is nothing in the record to support a conclusion that Keystone Realty, through some act or omission, caused the Osterhuses to pay $9,600.00 to Jon Michaelsen for their real estate commission on the Northwood Estates properties. Further, there is nothing in the record to indicate why the Osterhuses should be relieved of their contractual obligation to pay the $4,500.00 real estate commission Keystone Realty earned by selling the home on Stephanie Way. Therefore, the Osterhuses were not entitled to receive damages for the amounts they paid for these real estate commissions. We affirm the remainder of the jury's damage award, including the award of $8,377.51 for interest paid on the $48,-500.00 loan.