Panel Reverses $157M Verdict In Engle Case, Rejects Exception For Same-Sex Couple

Mealey's (May 12, 2022, 1:47 PM EDT) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida appellate panel on May 11 reversed a $157 million Engle verdict to the widower of a deceased smoker and ordered a new trial based on multiple issues, with one judge dissenting from the majority’s finding that the court erred by allowing the widower to pursue noneconomic damages based on the theory that the couple would have been married at the time the smoker’s illness manifested if same-sex marriage had been legal at that time....