Florida Appeals Court Vacates $24.7 Million Jury Award For Fatal Road Accident

Mealey's (June 22, 2020, 7:48 PM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida appeals court threw out a $24.7 million award against the maker of a product containing synthetic marijuana on June 8.  A trial court erred in letting the jury decide the cause of a fatal road accident because the sole cause of the two-vehicle crash that killed a woman and two boys was a man driving impaired after consuming the defendant’s product, it said (DZE Corp. v. Vince Duron Vickers, et al., No. 1D18-5081, Fla. App., 1st Dist., 2020 Fla. App. LEXIS 8030)....