Florida Court Affirms Verdict In Engle Case And Paves Way For Punitive Damages

(April 16, 2019, 10:25 AM EDT) -- MIAMI — A Florida appellate court on April 10 affirmed a jury verdict that an addiction to cigarettes caused the throat cancer that killed a longtime smoker and, in reversing a directed verdict in the Engle progeny case, remanded for a new trial solely on the amount of punitive damages (R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Mirtha Ledo, No. 3D17-2328. Fla. App., 3rd Dist., 2019 Fla. App. LEXIS 5519)....