11th Circuit Panel Affirms $7.5 Million Tobacco Verdict

(March 8, 2018, 1:26 PM EST) -- ATLANTA — A panel of the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on March 7 affirmed a $7.5 million verdict in an Engle progeny suit after finding that the trial court did not err by not calling a mistrial after the plaintiff’s in-court medical emergency (Pauline Burkhart v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al., No. 14-14708, 11th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 5695)....

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