Smoker’s Widow Tells Panel Court Should Have Allowed More Questioning Of Expert

Mealey's (December 2, 2020, 5:20 PM EST) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal panel on Nov. 17 heard arguments on whether a trial court should have granted a motion for a new trial after not allowing tobacco companies’ expert witness to be cross-examined about the significance of the age at which the decedent began smoking, which had been deemed hearsay earlier but which the widow’s counsel asserts could have impacted the expert’s credibility (Rose Pollari v. Philip Morris USA Inc., et al., No. 4D19-2610, Fla. App., 4th Dist.)....