$1.3M Verdict Against Big Tobacco Upheld in Florida
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$1.3M Verdict Against Big Tobacco Upheld in Florida

A Florida appeals court has upheld a judgment for a smoker’s estate in an Engle progeny case, rejecting arguments by Big Tobacco that federal law implicitly preempts relevant state-law tort claims and what the companies described as an effective ban on selling cigarettes, according to Law360. Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal upheld a jury verdict…