Panel Reverses $3M Verdict To Dead Smoker’s Daughter For Lack Of Evidence

(December 5, 2022, 9:42 AM EST) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida appellate panel reversed a jury’s nearly $3 million compensatory damages verdict in an Engle trial after finding that the court erred by not granting a tobacco company’s motion for directed verdict, writing that “the jury was left to speculate” after the smoker’s estate failed to present evidence of causation for his chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)....