Split Florida Panel Reverses $43M Verdict To Dead Smoker’s Son Due To Hearsay

(March 28, 2024, 2:14 PM EDT) -- MIAMI — A split Florida Third District Court of Appeal panel on March 27 reversed a $43 million compensatory and punitive damages verdict in favor of the estate of a dead smoker after finding that the trial court reversibly erred by permitting the smoker’s sons to proffer hearsay evidence indicating that their mother was harmed by her reliance on a tobacco company’s misleading claims about the benefits of cigarette filters....