BERGER v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.

Case No. 3:09-cv-14157.

101 F.Supp.3d 1228 (2015)

Judith BERGER, Plaintiff, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Jacksonville Division.

Signed April 23, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlie Easa Farah, Jr. , Farah & Farah, PA, Janna B. McNicholas , Norwood Sherman Wilner , Richard J. Lantinberg , Stephanie J. Hartley , The Wilner Firm, PA, Jacksonville, FL, Elizabeth J. Cabraser , Jerome Mayer-Cantu , Martin D. Quinones , Richard M. Heimann , Todd A. Walburg , Robert J. Nelson , Sarah R. London , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Kenneth S. Byrd , John T. Spragens , Kathryn E. Barnett , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Nashville, TN, Lance V. Oliver , Motley Rice, LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC, for Plaintiff.

Bonnie C. Daboll , Terri L. Parker , James B. Murphy, Jr. , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Tampa, FL, Dale M. Johnson, II , Mary Katherine Gates Calderon , Robert D. Homolka , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO, Judith Bernstein-Gaeta , M. Sean Laane , Maura McGonigle , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Washington, DC, Keri L. Arnold , Arnold & Porter, LLP, New York, NY, Dana G. Bradford, II , Smith, Gambrel' & Russell, LLP, Jacksonville, FL, Giselle Gonzalez Manseur , Kelly Anne Luther , Maria Helena Ruiz , Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP, Mark J. Heise , Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Miami, FL, Joshua Reuben Brown, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Orlando, FL, for Defendant.


ORDER

This is an "Engle-progeny"2 suit by Plaintiff Judith Berger (Mrs. Berger), a former smoker of cigarettes, against the manufacturer of those cigarettes, Defendant Philip Morris USA, Inc. (PMUSA). Following trial, the jury returned a compensatory...

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