Mealey's (November 30, 2018, 7:27 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a Nov. 19 petition for certiorari, two tobacco companies assert that the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred in upholding the Florida Supreme Court’s mandate that courts must give preclusive effect to the concealment and conspiracy findings of Engle v. Liggett Grp., Inc. in cases that qualify as Engle progeny (R.J. Reynolds et al., v. Cheryl Searcy, No. 18-649, U.S. Sup.)....