Smoker’s Son Asks Florida Supreme Court To Review Reversal Of $10.6M Award

Mealey's (August 4, 2021, 2:12 PM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A smoker’s son in a July 22 brief on jurisdiction urges the Florida Supreme Court to review an appellate panel’s ruling reversing a $10.6 million judgment in his favor due to his reliance on backward-looking hearsay testimony in his fraud claims, arguing that the ruling conflicts with existing precedent and that the panel erred by ordering a new trial....