Mealey's (May 6, 2022, 2:23 PM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida appellate panel on May 4 affirmed a $2.5 million compensatory damages verdict in favor of the daughter of a deceased smoker after finding that evidence the smoker switched to an allegedly “low-tar” cigarette brand for health reasons established that he detrimentally relied on the tobacco company’s misleading statements....