Panel Reverses $10.6M Judgment For Smoker Due To Hearsay Evidence Error

Mealey's (February 12, 2021, 12:38 PM EST) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida appellate panel on Feb. 10 reversed the entry of judgment for $10.6 million in favor of a deceased smoker’s children and ordered a new trial on all issues after finding that the trial court erred by allowing backward-looking hearsay testimony about the smoker’s belief that filtered cigarettes were safer to establish reliance in fraud claims...