Florida Supreme Court Leaves Intact $3.2M Engle Attorney Fee Award

Mealey's ( April 14, 2022, 10:46 AM EDT) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court on April 7 declined to accept jurisdiction over a tobacco company’s petition for review of a case in which a split appellate panel affirmed a trial court’s $3.2 million attorney fee award calculated in part based on rates for out-of-state lawyers to an Engle plaintiff who also won an $11 million verdict....