Florida tobacco case News

Reynolds American Inc.’s R.J. Reynolds Tobacco unit lost its bid to overturn jury verdicts over smoking-related deaths after arguing that federal courts shouldn’t apply a ruling by the Florida Supreme Court that made it easier for smokers to prove their …

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it will not hear an appeal by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in a Florida case in which it was ordered to pay $28.3 million to a woman whose husband died of lung cancer …