$8 Million Award Against R.J. Reynolds Upheld By Florida Appeals Court

Mealey's (May 21, 2018, 10:34 AM EDT) -- LAKELAND, Fla. — In a May 18 per curiam ruling, the Second District Florida Court of Appeal left intact an $8 million award rendered by jurors in May 2016 on behalf of the family of a deceased smoker, just over one week after hearing oral arguments in the Engle progeny case (James C. McCabe v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 2D17-797, Fla. App. 2nd Dist., 2018 Fla. App. LEXIS 6947)....