Smoker’s Daughter Urges High Court To Review Reversal Of $6.4M Verdict

Mealey's (April 28, 2020, 9:15 AM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A smoker’s daughter tells the Florida Supreme Court in an April 23 brief that it should exercise jurisdiction to review a divided appellate panel’s reversal of a $6.4 million verdict because the panel’s holding that a plaintiff must show reliance on a specific statement to prevail on a fraudulent concealment claim conflicts with other appellate courts’ holdings (Linda Prentice, as Personal Representative of the Estate of John C. Price, v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, No. SC20-291, Fla. Sup.)....