Panel Won't Rehear R.J. Reynolds' Appeal Of $102.4M Judgment For 1997 Settlement

Mealey's (October 1, 2020, 11:24 AM EDT) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Fourth District Florida Court of Appeal panel on Sept. 18 denied R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s motion for rehearing, rehearing en banc or certification to the Florida Supreme Court of its decision affirming a trial court's order that the tobacco company pay Florida $92.6 million and Philip Morris USA Inc. $9.8 million in outstanding liability from a 1997 settlement of cigarette-related claims brought by the state (R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Florida, et al., No. 4D18-2616, Fla. App., 4th Dist.)....