A Pennsylvania attorney has been hit with a nearly $450,000 verdict for filing an allegedly frivolous lawsuit stemming from a dispute over a $399 pair of eyeglasses.

Following a weeklong trial in mid-July before Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Jacqueline Allen, a Philadelphia jury leveled the award against city lawyer Paul Stewart of Helm Legal Services. The award included $159,000 in punitive damages against Stewart.

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