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The Fourth District Court of Appeal had to decide whether a smoker's "choice" to smoke could be used in defense of Engle progeny class membership at trial, when R. J. Reynolds had withdrawn a comparative negligence defense.
August 28, 2019 at 05:54 PM
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A $41.7 million jury verdict against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. went up in smoke Wednesday, when the Fourth District Court of Appeal ruled that a mistake by the trial court affected the result.
That error, according to the opinion, blocked the defense from arguing that a deceased smoker had smoked cigarettes for her own enjoyment, rather than out of addiction.
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