PHILIP MORRIS INC. v. FRENCH

No. 3D02-2772.

897 So.2d 480 (2004)

PHILIP MORRIS INC., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Lorillard Tobacco Company, and Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., individually and as successor by merger to the American Tobacco Company, Appellants, v. Lynn FRENCH, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, and David L. Ross, and Elliot H. Scherker, and Julissa Rodriguez, for appellant.

Grover, Weinstein & Trop, P.A., Miami, and Robert Grover, and Marvin Weinstein; Podhurst, Orseck, P.A., Miami, and Joel S. Perwin, for appellee.

Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GREEN and SHEVIN, JJ.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 13, 2005.

PER CURIAM.

Philip Morris USA, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, and Lorillard Tobacco Company (collectively referred to as "the tobacco defendants") appeal from a final judgment, based on a jury verdict, awarding Lynn French $5.5 million dollars in damages for injuries she incurred as a result of second-hand smoke. The plaintiff, French, cross-appeals from...

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