A Sarasota judge has ruled against Morgan & Morgan’s motions to minimize a $5 million jury verdict laid at the nationwide law firm’s feet.

Circuit Court Judge Frederick Mercurio denied three filings submitted by Morgan & Morgan’s legal counsel on Monday. The separate motions — a renewed motion for directed verdict and/or judgment notwithstanding the verdict, a motion for a new trial or new trial on damages, as well as an alternative motion for remittitur — sought to reduce the damages or nullify a jury’s finding that Armando Lauritano, a Tampa-based attorney with the firm, improperly filed a claim and caused former clients to lose out on millions of dollars’ worth of damages.

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