Florida Panel Reverses Engle Judgment For Juror Dismissal Error

(November 4, 2020, 2:40 PM EST) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida appellate panel on Oct. 28 reversed final judgment entering a $50,000 compensatory damages award in favor of a smoker’s son and remanded for a new trial because the trial court erred by granting a tobacco company’s request to dismiss eight potential jurors based only on written answers indicating bias and without allowing oral questioning of those jurors (Shan Frogel v. Philip Morris USA, Inc., No. 4D19-2781, Fla. App., 4th Dist., 2020 Fla. App. LEXIS 15342)....

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