Panel Reverses $560K Attorney Fee Award In Engle Case For ‘Bad Faith’ Openings

Mealey's (June 10, 2022, 1:42 PM EDT) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida appellate panel on June 8 reversed an attorney fee award worth nearly $560,000 against a tobacco company as the panel found that the trial court improperly sanctioned the company by ordering it to pay the plaintiffs’ fees for the entire trial based only on the company’s “bad faith” arguments made during openings....