Mealey's (November 6, 2020, 9:04 AM EST) -- MIAMI — The Third District Florida Court of Appeal on Oct. 21 denied two requests for writs of prohibition disqualifying a trial court judge from two tobacco cases after the judge referred to suing for punitive damages in tobacco suits as “silly,” which the panel said was “a statement of philosophy, rather than a stated judicial policy” (Gloria Gall v Philip Morris USA Inc., et al., No. 3D20-1262, 2020 Fla. App. LEXIS 14862; Mirtha Ledo v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, No. 3D20-1263, Fla. App., 3rd Dist., 2020 Fla. App. LEXIS 14867)....