Massachusetts’ high court has ruled that Jackson Lewis and Winokur Serkey & Rosenberg of Plymouth, Mass. are liable for a $1 million-plus verdict against a telecommunications company in an employment discrimination case.

On Aug. 9 in Global NAPS Inc. v. Awiszus, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that Global NAPS could recover damages from its former attorneys and their firms for missing the deadline for appealing a jury verdict in an the case. Martha Awiszus of Winokur Serkey and David Kerman of Jackson Lewis’ Boston office were Global NAPS’ lawyers on the case.