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Appeals court: Hillsborough judge should have excused juror, sends tobacco suit to new trial

By Florida Record | Wednesday, Mar 13, 2019 @ 11:43pm

Florida's Second District Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial in a lawsuit brought by the estate of a man who sued tobacco products maker Philip Morris USA, as the appeals panel ruled a Hillsborough County judge improperly refused to allow the plaintiff's lawyers to dismiss for cause a potential juror who said he believed the man's illnesses were caused by his choice to smoke.