Mandate Issued, Panel Won’t Rehear Reversal Of Smoker’s Widow’s $2M Punitive Award

(January 31, 2024, 12:03 PM EST) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Fourth District Florida Court of Appeal on Jan. 30 issued a mandate after denying a motion for rehearing of its ruling reversing a $2 million punitive damages award in favor of a dead smoker’s widow on her Engle claims against a tobacco company....