Judge: Separate Injuries In Engle Case Warrant Wrongful Death And Survival Damages

Mealey's (April 29, 2019, 7:53 AM EDT) -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A widow is entitled to damages for her husband’s wrongful death from lung cancer and survival damages for other smoking-related injuries that did not cause his death, a federal judge held April 15 in denying a renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law or a new trial, an opinion the judge called his “best guess” as to how the Florida Supreme Court would address the dual-damages issue (Patricia Harris v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., et al., No. 3:09-cv-13482, M.D. Fla., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 64297)....