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LEGGETT GROUP, INC. v. DAVIS

No. 4004-3811.

973 So.2d 467 (2007)

LIGGETT GROUP, INC., Appellant, v. Beverly DAVIS, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 10, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise B. Crockett and Alvin B. Davis, P.A., of Steel Hector & Davis, LLP, and Kelly A. Luther of Clarke Silverglate Campbell Williams & Montgomery, Miami, for appellant.

John F. Venable of Venable & Venable, P.A., Brooksville, and Angel M. Reyes and Daniel F. O'Shea of Reyes & O'Shea, P.A., Miami, for appellee.

SCOLA, JACQUELINE HOGAN, Associate Judge.

Appellant, Liggett Group, Inc., appeals a jury verdict in favor of appellee, Beverly Davis,1 with respect to two legal theories: negligence and defective design of the cigarettes causing Davis' harm, lung cancer.2 The jury awarded damages in excess of $500,000 to Davis. Liggett appeals the jury's findings claiming first, federal preemption and second, that in spite...

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