Engle Plaintiff Asks Florida Supreme Court To Rehear ‘Fallback Argument’

(April 5, 2022, 10:36 AM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — An Engle plaintiff in an April 1 motion for rehearing to the Florida Supreme Court doesn’t ask it to reconsider its March 17 ruling that Engle plaintiffs must prove reliance on tobacco company statements to prevail on their fraud claims but instead asks that it address her “fallback argument” that a Florida appellate panel erred by vacating her entire $6.4 million compensatory damages judgment rather than her single fraud claim....