Florida Supreme Court Won’t Review Attorney Fees Award Reversal In Engle Case

Mealey's (December 22, 2022, 1:04 PM EST) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court has denied a dead smoker’s husband’s petition for review of a split appellate panel’s reversal of a trial court’s $2.5 million attorney fee award in his favor, which the panel deemed unreasonable because the award represented a risk of double recovery on top of attorney fees another tobacco company agreed to pay in a settlement of his claims against it....