Panel Affirms $475K Punitive Award For Smoker’s Estate Despite Ratio Arguments

Mealey's ( November 7, 2025, 11:27 AM EST) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Fourth District Florida Court of Appeal panel on Nov. 6 issued a per curiam affirmance of a $475,000 punitive damages verdict awarded to a smoker’s estate, which a tobacco company had argued on appeal should be subject to reversal or remittitur because it is 11 times greater than the compensatory damages awarded....

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