Florida Appeals Panel Reverses Defense Verdict In Tobacco Lawsuit

(July 17, 2017, 1:31 PM EDT) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida appellate panel on July 5 reversed a defense verdict for three tobacco companies in an Engle progeny suit after finding that the trial court erred in allowing a pulmonologist who was not qualified to testify on addiction to testify about the plaintiff’s motivation to quit smoking (Fannie Collar v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al., No. 4D15-3893, Fla. App., 4th Dist., 2017 Fla. App. LEXIS 9637)....

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