Panel Affirms $3.75M Engle Verdict, Certifies Conflict On Punitive Damages Issue

(March 4, 2021, 1:13 PM EST) -- LAKELAND, Fla. — A Florida Second District Court of Appeal panel on March 3 affirmed a $3.75 million verdict for a deceased smoker’s children and wrote to certify conflict with a Fifth District decision that is awaiting review before the Florida Supreme Court on the issue of whether Florida’s pre-1999 punitive damages statute still applies in Engle cases where the decedent died after 1999....

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