(July 16, 2019, 9:06 AM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The First District Court of Appeal on July 8 issued a mandate closing a case in which it denied Philip Morris USA Inc.’s bid to reduce punitive damages imposed against it in an Engle progeny case and denied the company’s subsequent motion for certification of a question of great public importance (Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Veda Bryant, et al., No. 1D18-1053, Fla. App., 1st Dist., 2019 Fla. App. LEXIS 10681)....