WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — (Mealey’s) A Florida appeals court vacated $50,000 in punitive damages in a smoking wrongful death case Aug. 14, but allowed a compensatory damages award of approximately $957,000 to stand ( R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Pamela Ciccone , No. 4D11-3807, Fla. App., 4th Dist.; 2013 Fla. App. LEXIS 12726 [ enhanced opinion available to lexis.com subscribers ]).
The Fourth District...