(October 17, 2017, 9:59 AM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. on Oct. 2 filed a brief asking the Florida Supreme Court to review a lower appellate court’s decision that reinstated a $13.4 million verdict in a tobacco lawsuit, saying the appellate court ruling conflicts with a prior ruling from Florida’s Supreme Court, which states that “the definition of design defect best vindicates the purposes underlying the doctrine of strict liability” (R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Paul R. Larkin, et al., No. SC17-1712, Fla. Sup.)....