Florida Panel Orders New Tobacco Trial In Blow To Philip Morris

Mealey's (March 4, 2019, 9:59 AM EST) -- LAKELAND, Fla. — A Hillsborough County, Fla., judge abused his discretion in failing to excuse a juror who admitted during voir dire that a widow would have “an uphill argument to make” in suing a tobacco company for her husband’s lung cancer, Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal ruled May 1 (Judith Pearson v. Philip Morris USA Inc., No. 2D17-3636, Fla. App. 2nd Dist., 2019 Fla. App. LEXIS 3156)....

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