A Superior Court judge in Essex County has ordered an attorney to pay legal fees to her former law firm for failing to produce key evidence in her pregnancy discrimination lawsuit.

Judge Keith Lynott refused a motion by the Damiano Law Offices of Little Falls and principal Toni Damiano to dismiss the suit as a spoliation sanction. But he ordered plaintiff Nicole Casciola to pay attorney fees connected with efforts by the firm over a 17-month period to compel production of an audio recording.

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