Florida Jury Finds Punitive Damages Not Warranted In Engle Progeny Suit

Mealey's (March 14, 2018, 1:21 PM EDT) -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Florida state court jury on Feb. 27 found that punitive damages were not warranted in an Engle progeny suit in which jurors were tasked with deciding whether punitive damages were warranted for the family of a woman who died from lung cancer she developed from smoking cigarettes (Teresa Starr-Blundell v. Philip Morris USA Inc., et al., No. 2008-CA-15000, Fla. 4th Jud. Cir., Duval Co.). VIDEO FROM THE TRIAL IS AVAILABLE....

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