A Pennsylvania Superior Court panel has affirmed the dismissal of a legal malpractice action brought against Fox Rothschild by two brothers who claimed the firm’s handling of a family will left their inheritance lighter than it should have been.

However, the majority in Hess v. Fox Rothschild ruled that Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Annette M. Rizzo had been wrong to reject the brothers’ appeal as too vaguely worded.

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