Florida Supreme Court To Review Ratio-Based Reversal Of $16M Punitive Award

Mealey's (July 9, 2021, 10:37 AM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court on July 8 accepted jurisdiction over a certified question “of great public importance” regarding an appellate court’s reversal of a $16 million punitive damages award to a deceased smoker’s sister that was deemed excessive based on the punitive award’s ratio to the jury’s $300,000 compensatory damages award....