Smoker’s Widower Appeals $7.1M Verdict Reversal To Florida Supreme Court

Mealey's (February 3, 2020, 8:48 AM EST) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla.— A smoker’s widower argues in a Jan. 17 appeal brief to the Florida Supreme Court that an appellate court’s ruling reversing a $7.1 million verdict due to missing the state statute of repose and ordering a new trial on negligence and strict liability claims conflicts with multiple other Florida Supreme Court and appellate court rulings (Michael Gentile, etc. v. Philip Morris USA Inc., No. 19-2124, Fla. Sup., 2019 Fla. LEXIS 2449)....