( January 12, 2024, 1:01 PM EST) -- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — The representative of a dead smoker’s estate filed an appellee brief urging a Florida appellate panel to reject a tobacco company’s argument that an $8.8 million compensatory damages award in her favor must be reduced to $295,000, arguing that the underlying judgment in her favor is still final despite amendments made after the death of the smoker’s statutory survivor....