An Allegheny County trial judge has ordered Wexford, Pa.-based law firm Malone Middleman to pay Pittsburgh-based Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck nearly $15,000 in attorney fees and legal expenses from a wrongful death case that each firm worked on at separate times, but neither firm is entirely satisfied with the ruling.

The underlying case was settled for $235,000.