( August 21, 2024, 1:58 PM EDT) -- MIAMI — A tobacco company in an Aug. 21 appellee brief urges a Florida appellate court to affirm a jury verdict finding that a dead smoker’s son was time-barred from bringing claims against it for causing his mother’s chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and death, writing that the court’s jury selection procedures and its use of a lottery system were proper....