Judgment Entered After Jury Rejects Dead Smoker’s Estate’s Defective Design Claims

(February 29, 2024, 8:40 AM EST) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida state court judge entered final judgment rejecting wrongful death claims brought against a tobacco company and a retailer that sold its products by the estate of a smoker who died after being diagnosed with laryngeal cancer.  A jury previously rejected the estate’s claims that filtered cigarettes smoked by the decedent were defective....