Mealey's (February 22, 2022, 2:22 PM EST) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court on Feb. 4 accepted jurisdiction over a petition and quashed an appellate court’s affirmance of an award issued under Florida’s pre-1999 punitive damages statute to the children of a smoker who died in 2000, ordering the case remanded for reconsideration in light of a recent holding that Engle wrongful death actions arise on the smoker’s death date....