Panel Declines To Disqualify Judge From Engle Case For Past Tobacco Litigation

Mealey's (September 13, 2021, 10:28 AM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida appellate panel on Aug. 20 denied a petition for a writ of prohibition seeking to disqualify a trial judge hearing an Engle case who a tobacco company said would not be fair based on his past representation of Engle plaintiffs, writing that the tobacco company failed to identify the “precise date” it discovered the facts creating the grounds for its petition....