A DeKalb County jury took about three hours to add $235,000 in punitive damages to more than $5.5 million it awarded last week to a man who sued his former lawyer and employer for legal malpractice and other claims.

Jury members said they “dart-boarded” a range of numbers from zero to $850,000 before deciding Atlanta attorney James Potts II should pay the additional money for the trouble he caused plaintiff William Clowdis Jr.

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