Mealey's (August 2, 2021, 2:25 PM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida appellate panel on July 21 found that a court did not abuse its discretion by allowing a tobacco company to present mitigation evidence at a smoker’s daughter’s punitive damages trial regarding the tobacco industry’s master and Florida settlement agreements, which the panel called “relevant to the jury’s job of discerning the appropriate degree of punishment and deterrence.”...