Former Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle, who is pursuing his late sister’s smoking case against Philip Morris USA Inc., failed Wednesday to prevent the questioning of a jury foreman on a panel that produced an $11.2 million verdict.

Cindy Naugle, 65, died Nov. 1, two weeks after the award was returned in Broward Circuit Court. She was awarded $300 million in a previous trial, but the judge reduced the amount to $36.7 million, which was reversed on appeal.