Mistrial Declared In Florida Tobacco Case After Juror Is Stricken

Mealey's (May 8, 2018, 12:32 PM EDT) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A planned four-week trial in an Engle progeny case ended in a mistrial April 13, when R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris USA Inc. successfully moved to strike a juror for his “inability to understand English” (Myron Kaplan v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al., No. 08-80000 (19), Fla. Cir., Broward Co., 17th Jud. Dist.)....