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Maine retailer wins verdict against law firm

Store owner says firm was negligent in representing him in harassment suit

Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, July 8, 2010

PORTLAND, Maine — A mattress and furniture retailer here has won a $7.3 million emotional distress verdict against a law firm in a case involving the now-defunct Northern Mattress & Furniture Co. of Fairfield, Maine, according to a report in the Kennebec Journal.

Peter Redman, who now operates Priceless Mattress & Furniture in Augusta, Maine, said the firm Bernstein Shur Sawyer & Nelson was negligent in representing him in a sexual harassment claim brought by a co-worker at the former store in 2004.

He won the case at a jury trial three weeks ago, the Journal reported.

An attorney representing the law firm said his client will ask for a new trial.

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