Opinion
March 21, 1994
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Roncallo, J., Segal, J.).
Ordered that the appeals from the orders are dismissed; and it is further,
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed; and it is further,
Ordered that the respondent is awarded one bill of costs.
The appeal from the intermediate orders must be dismissed because the right of direct appeal therefrom terminated with the entry of judgment in the action (see, Matter of Aho, 39 N.Y.2d 241, 248). The issues raised on appeal from the orders are brought up for review and have been considered on the appeal from the judgment (see, CPLR 5501 [a] [1]).
The brokerage agreement here required the defendant "to refer all inquiries or offers on the available 80 units to the attention of [the respondent], as exclusive Broker, for negotiation on [the defendant's] behalf, and commissions payable hereunder shall be due and payable to [the respondent], regardless of whether [the respondent] has actually procured the Purchase Agreement". Thus, the respondent had an exclusive right to sell, not merely an exclusive agency (see, Solid Waste Inst. v. Sanitary Disposal, 120 A.D.2d 915; Gaillard Realty Co. v. Rogers Wire Works, 215 App. Div. 326), and is entitled to commissions on all sales procured prior to the termination of the agreement, regardless of whether or not the respondent put in any effort at all in procuring the sales.
We have examined the defendant's remaining contentions, and find them to be without merit. Thompson, J.P., Santucci, Krausman and Florio, JJ., concur.