Panel Agrees Smoker’s Estate Can Seek Attorney Fees Despite Partial Reversal

(June 3, 2024, 2:11 PM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — A Second District Florida Court of Appeal panel on June 3 granted a smoker’s estate’s unopposed motion for rehearing and provisionally granted the estate’s motion for appellate attorney fees despite previously partly reversing a verdict in its favor against a tobacco company and reducing a $15.5 million verdict to $3.5 million, finding that the estate is still possibly entitled to fees....