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drobinson
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What is the name of your state? MA - I had committed to buying a house in MA, my realtor advised me to have a Radon test in addition to the home inspection, she set the turn around time to back out based on the home inspection clause for 2 days - the Radon results took 4 days and came back HIGH. I tried to resolve this with my realtor, the listing realtor and the sellers - but to no avail. They would not commit to fixing it - I now know my realtor didn't pass along any info (I am being sued for 40K) my realtor neglected to pass along the building inspector report, as well as the estimate to repair - which was over $1000. When I did back out, my realtor told me - in writing - that if I backed out at this late date, I would not be liable for any damages and that I would recieve my deposit back. It's now about 9 months later, I have not recieved my deposit (5K) and I've spent over 6K in attorney's fees so far. I am now being sued - and I am going to do a 3rd party lawsuit against my realtor - however, my big concern is collecting attorney's fees when this is done. My attorney told me that in Mass normally they aren't awarded. However, I read rule 93A and it appears that might fit - any advice at all? I do have everything in emails and my attorney does have all that - our case against my Realtor looks strong, but this will take another year probably and those attorney fees are killing me. Thank you -