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PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. v. BOATRIGHT

Case No. 2D15-622.

217 So.3d 166 (2017)

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. and Liggett Group, LLC, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Richard BOATRIGHT and Deborah Boatright, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Opinion filed April 12, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adriana M. Paris , Terri L. Parker , and Sean T. Becker of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Tampa; Geoffrey J. Michael of Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC; and William P. Geraghty and Rachel A. Canfield of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Miami; for Appellant/Cross-Appellee Philip Morris USA Inc.

Karen H. Curtis of Clarke Silverglate, P.A., Miami; and Leonard A. Feiwus and Ann M. St. Peter-Griffith of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, Miami, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee Liggett Group LLC.

Celene H. Humphries , Steven L. Brannock , Philip J. Padovano , Maegen P. Luka , and Thomas J. Seider of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa; and Scott Schlesinger , Steven Hammer , Jonathan R. Gdanski , and Brittany Chambers of Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

In this Engle1 progeny case, Philip Morris USA Inc. and Liggett Group, LLC (the Defendants) appeal a final judgment in favor of Richard Boatright, who was a heavily addicted smoker, and his wife, Deborah Boatright, in the total amount of $32.75 million for compensatory and punitive...

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