JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - As trial approaches for a group of tobacco wrongful death and injury cases, the defendant companies on April 27 asked the Florida federal judges overseeing the cases to bifurcate them to avoid mentioning wrongful company conduct in the compensatory damages phase of trial (In re: Engle Cases, No. 3:09-cv-10000-J-32JBT, M.D. Fla., Jacksonville Div.; See March 2013, Pages 4 and 5)....(read more)
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