(May 12, 2020, 2:13 PM EDT) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida appellate panel on May 6 reversed a trial court’s directed verdict for three tobacco companies on strict liability and negligence claims brought by the estate of a deceased smoker, holding that testimony regarding the decedent’s use of the companies’ products established individual causation and remanding to reinstate the jury’s original $1.8 million verdict, which included $205,000 in punitive damages (Philip Morris USA Inc., et al. v. James Santoro, No. 4D18-1730, Fla. App., 4th Dist., 2020 Fla. App. LEXIS 6236.)...