Florida Supreme Court Passes On Review Of $10M Engle Verdict’s Reversal

Mealey's (May 9, 2022, 10:12 AM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court on April 28 declined to accept jurisdiction over a smoker’s daughter’s petition for review of an appellate panel’s reversal of a $10 million Engle verdict in her favor due to improper and inflammatory closing arguments by plaintiff’s counsel, including comparing tobacco companies to Big Brother in George Orwell’s “1984” and calling them an “enterprise of death.”...