Florida Panel Upholds $1.3M Jury Verdict To Smoker’s Daughter

(April 18, 2024, 3:10 PM EDT) -- MIAMI — A Florida Third District Court of Appeals panel on April 17 affirmed a jury’s $1.3 million verdict issued in favor of a dead smoker’s daughter, rejecting arguments by two tobacco companies that the jury was exposed to improper evidence of inflammatory closing arguments....