A 9-year-old products liability case produced a major victory over tobacco companies Wednesday when Florida’s 3rd District Court of Appeal upheld a $24.8 million award to a man who died of cancer shortly after trial.
The appellate panel offered no legal reasoning in its unsigned one-paragraph decision in John Lukacs’ case against cigarette makers Philip Morris USA, Brown & Williamson and Liggett Group.
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