(December 19, 2018, 11:52 AM EST) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In a Dec. 18 ruling, a majority panel of Florida’s First District Court of Appeal agreed with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. that it was entitled to a directed verdict in an Engle progeny case because a plaintiff failed to prove that his wife relied on misstatements about the dangers of smoking to her detriment (R.J. Reynolds v. James Whitmire, No. 1D17-1986, Fla. App., 1st Dist., 2018 Fla. App. LEXIS 18215)....