Florida High Court Won’t Review Vacation Of $41M Engle Progeny Verdict

Mealey's (April 9, 2020, 12:38 PM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court on April 6 declined to accept jurisdiction of a smoker’s widower’s appeal of an appellate court’s decision reversing and remanding a $40.9 million jury verdict after finding that the trial court erred in limiting R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.’s ability to defend against the decedent’s membership in the Engle class (Leslie Schlefstein, etc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, No. 19-2147, Fla. Sup.)....