Tobacco Companies Ask Florida Supreme Court To Review $5M Verdict’s Affirmance

Mealey's (July 29, 2021, 1:48 PM EDT) -- TALAHASSEE, Fla. — Two tobacco companies on July 26 filed notice that it will seek the Florida Supreme Court’s review of an appellate panel’s affirmance of a $5 million award to a smoker’s widower in an Engle case, in which the panel heavily critiqued “egregiously improper closing arguments” by the widower’s counsel....