An Appellate Division, First Department, panel has unanimously let stand a $1.25 million Civil Court verdict against an attorney in a legal malpractice action.

The panel said unanimously in Borges v. Placeres, 570722/06, that the charge and verdict sheet “appropriately” included a question on whether the alleged malpractice by Alfred Placeres was a substantial factor in causing the harm to plaintiff Jose Borges in an immigration matter.