Panel Affirms $7.2M Attorney Fee Award In Engle Case, Reverses $1.3M In Interest

Mealey's (March 12, 2021, 1:49 PM EST) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida appellate panel on March 11 affirmed a trial court’s award of more than $7.2 million in attorney fees to the estate of a deceased smoker that was previously awarded nearly $6.4 million in compensatory damages, but reversed the court’s award of $1.3 million in prejudgment interest on the attorney fees because the “time value of money” was already tacitly incorporated when the court used current hourly rates to calculate the fees....