Eric Lee of Lee & Amtzis in Boca Raton shut down a plaintiff’s complaint with a $1.5 million final judgment for defendant company Automotive Experts Inc. of Georgia, shielding it from a contractual storm over its part in hurricane relief efforts for Puerto Rico.

Automotive Experts supplied mechanics and equipment to help Puerto Rico recover from deadly category 5 Hurricane Maria, which left most of the island without power. But a legal dispute ensued between Lee’s subcontractor client and the company that had hired it for the project.