Battery Seller Seeks Retrial After $2 Million Awarded For Exploding E-Cigarette

Mealey's (May 1, 2018, 7:24 AM EDT) -- GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Florida jury’s April 5 award of $2 million for past and future pain and suffering in connection with an e-cigarette explosion that caused a plaintiff to lose several teeth goes against the “manifest weight of the evidence,” the seller of the e-cigarette battery told the Alachua County Circuit Court on April 18 (J. Michael Hoce v. R-L Sales LLC, et al., Fla. Cir., 8th Jud. Cir., Alachua Co.)....