Florida High Court Told Jurisdiction, Consolidation Not Warranted In Engle Case

Mealey's (June 17, 2019, 11:59 AM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Petitioner R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. “improperly presumes” that the Florida Supreme Court will accept jurisdiction of an Engle progeny case in which the cigarette maker was ordered to pay $20 million in punitive damages and “erroneously asserts” reasons the case should be consolidated with another Engle case for the high court to review, the personal representative of the estate of a smoker says in a May 15 opposition brief (R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Sandra L. Mattson, etc., No. SC18-1550, Fla. Sup.)....