A Bergen County jury returned a $343,258 verdict Wednesday in a legal malpractice suit claiming attorney Robert Lysiak failed to warn about potential environmental contamination on a property purchased by his client.

The jury returned its verdict in a lawsuit brought by John Patalano after a three-day trial before Superior Court Judge Robert Wilson. The jury verdict represents the damages Patalano incurred due to the contamination—roughly $203,000 to retain an environmental lawyer, Howard Davis, and another $139,000 on cleanup of the property, said plaintiffs lawyer Kenneth Thyne of Roper & Thyne in Totowa. Thyne tried the case but his law partner, Angela Roper, assisted with preparation.

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