A ruling upholding a jury verdict for a smoker’s estate against three cigarette makers doesn’t seem like it would be good news for the tobacco industry.
But a decision Friday affirming a $2.5 million award against Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds and Liggett Group has a chance — albeit a slight one — to be the sweetest appellate loss the companies have suffered in a decade of Florida litigation.
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