A team of litigators, including four from the West Palm Beach law firm Searcy Denney, won on appeal in the Second District Court of Appeals against the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Inc. in an Engle progeny lawsuit.

Attorney David J. Sales, who led the representation of plaintiff Dorothy Durrance against R.J. Reynolds, helped secure the $3.25 million punitive damage and $500,000 compensatory damage awards for his client.