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Massachusetts Appeals Court affirms $1,400,000 Legal Malpractice Award

The Massachusetts Appeals Court has unanimously affirmed a verdict previously achieved by Colucci, Colucci & Marcus, P.C. in a legal malpractice case that totaled $1,400,000. In arriving at their decision, the Court took the rare step of actually increasing the total judgment amount. This success is merely the latest in a string of million-dollar cases resolved by the firm in 2015.

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