Panel Reverses $3.25M Pre-1999 Punitive Damages Award To Dead Smoker’s Family

(April 22, 2022, 12:39 PM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — On remand from the Florida Supreme Court in light of new precedent that Engle wrongful death actions arise on the smoker’s death date, a Florida appellate panel on April 20 reversed a $3.25 million judgment entered under Florida’s pre-1999 punitive damages statute to the children of a smoker who died in 2000 and remanded the case to the trial court....

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