A New Jersey appeals court has upheld a jury verdict dismissing legal malpractice claims over a lawyer’s representation of homeowners in a zoning dispute.

The appeals court said on May 7 that the jury correctly rejected claims by Carla Sadej against attorney Barry Guaglardi and his firm, Arturi, D’Argenio, Guaglardi & Meliti of Rochelle Park. Sadej sued Guaglardi and the firm over services they provided in a dispute with the Borough of Seaside Park over the scope of improvements they made to their eight-bedroom Victorian home.