Panel:  Judge Right To Exclude Asbestos Claim From Smoker’s Widow’s Lawsuit

Mealey's (June 5, 2020, 2:03 PM EDT) -- MIAMI — A Florida appellate panel on June 3 found that a trial court properly excluded a past asbestos claim from the trial of a smoker’s widow who was awarded $2.4 million in damages and rejected challenges to the lower court’s denial of a motion for directed verdict and jury instructions regarding the reliance element of an Engle progeny fraud claim while certifying conflict with two recent appellate decisions on the issue (Philip Morris United States v. Brenda Chadwell, No. 3D19-239, Fla. App., 3rd Dist., 2020 Fla. App. LEXIS 7653)....

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