RJR Urges Florida Supreme Court To Remand $3.75M Engle Verdict To Trial Court

Mealey's (January 7, 2022, 2:33 PM EST) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (RJR) in a Jan. 7 brief urged the Florida Supreme Court to quash an appellate court’s affirmance of an award that was issued under Florida’s pre-1999 punitive damages statute to the children of a smoker who died in 2000 in light of the court’s recent ruling that Engle wrongful death actions arise on the smoker’s death date, and remand the case to the trial court....