Mealey's (September 16, 2020, 2:36 PM EDT) -- ATLANTA — An 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on Sept. 15 rejected R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s appeal challenging a $2,125,000 compensatory damages verdict for a smoker's widow and granted the widow's cross-appeal by remanding the case for a trial on punitive damages (Mary Sowers v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al., No. 18-11901, 11th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 29237)....