Panel Violated Res Judicata Engle Findings, Smoker's Daughter Tells Fla. High Court

Mealey's (October 5, 2020, 2:02 PM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A smoker's daughter in a Sept. 30 merits brief asks the Florida Supreme Court to quash an appellate court's decision reversing a $6.4 million compensatory damages award and ordering a new trial, arguing that the panel's ruling on the standard of reliance required for Engle plaintiffs' to establish fraud claims conflicts with two other state appellate courts and a decade of Engle progeny case law (Linda Prentice v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, No. SC20-291, Fla. Sup.)....