Massachusetts’ highest court ruled Wednesday that a state judge abused his discretion by ordering an attorney-fee sanction in a business case because the award was “not necessary to ensure the fair administration of justice.”
In Wong v. Luu , the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts held that retired Superior Court Justice D. Lloyd McDonald went too far by ordering Boston attorney Richard Goren to pay nearly $240,000 toward other parties’ fees.
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