A Coral Gables law firm hit with sanctions over misconduct in an insurance lawsuit received a partial reprieve Wednesday when the Fourth District Court of Appeal overturned $22,877 in sanctions.

The appellate panel agreed the case should be dismissed as punishment but found the trial court shouldn't have gone a step further by imposing monetary sanctions.

Gregory Saldamando of the Strems Law Firm in Coral Gables represented plaintiffs Obrian Frazer and Latoya Byfield in their 2016 Broward Circuit lawsuit against Avatar Property & Casualty Insurance Co. over coverage of $22,877 in water damage.