Buck v. Cimino (243 A.D. 2d 681)- broker is procuring cause of sale where broker set in motion the chain of circumstances which proximately led to the sale; not necessary for broker to have been involved in the negotiations of sale where lack of involvement is attributable to buyer, a licensed
real estate broker, who used her
knowledge as a broker to affirmatively mislead broker into believing she lacked any interest in the property; broker is proximate link where broker introduced buyer to the property, brought buyer to the property, the buyer and seller engaged in
minimal negotiations and the contract of sale was executed soon after broker's introduction of buyer to the property (approx. 10 days).