Panel Says Court-Ordered Deposition Of Juul Cofounder ‘Irrelevant’ To Engle Trial

Mealey's ( May 12, 2022, 3:00 PM EDT) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Florida appellate panel on May 11 reversed a trial court’s order denying Juul Labs Inc. (JLI) and its co-founder James Monsees’ motion for a protective order and quashed the court’s ordered deposition of Monsees for use by an Engle plaintiff in a pending trial, writing that the evidence would be “irrelevant” to the plaintiffs’ pending claims against a tobacco company....