( March 4, 2024, 3:30 PM EST) -- MIAMI — A dead smoker’s son argues in an appellant brief filed in Florida appellate court that it should reverse a defense verdict deeming his claims against a tobacco company for causing his mother’s chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and death time-barred, arguing that the court’s jury selection procedures were improper and that the court wrongly granted summary judgment on his intentional tort claims....