Fla. Court Affirms $3M Smoking Award But Warns Counsel

By Emily Field (December 9, 2020, 10:17 PM EST) -- A Florida appeals panel on Wednesday said that a lower court improperly allowed counsel for a smoker's widower to reference Schindler's List and 1984 to a jury that awarded nearly $3 million in punitive damages, saying that while the award passed muster, making oblique comparisons of R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris to Nazis crossed the line....

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