Panel Questions Evidence Of Smoker’s Reliance On Ads In $1M Verdict Appeal

( December 4, 2025, 2:32 PM EST) -- MIAMI — During oral arguments in a tobacco company’s appeal of a $1 million verdict in favor of a smoker’s estate, a Florida appellate panel quizzed attorneys for both sides as to whether jurors could infer that the smoker relied on tobacco company statements that filtered cigarettes were safer based on a conversation with his brother or whether such evidence is insufficient in light of Florida Supreme Court precedent....