Florida Appeals Court Orders New Trial In Win For Tobacco Companies

Mealey's (March 22, 2019, 11:25 AM EDT) -- UNIVERSITY PARK, Fla. — In a March 20 ruling, Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal found that a trial court abused its discretion in allowing a widower to testify, “without limitation,” that his late wife’s initial treating physicians told the couple her primary lung cancer was caused by smoking cigarettes (Philip Morris USA Inc., et al. v. Kenneth Gloger, No. 3D18-341, Fla. App., 3rd Dist., 2019 Fla. App. LEXIS 4090)....