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COTE v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.

No. 19-14074.

985 F.3d 840 (2021)

Bernard COTE, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Judith Berger, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 19, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth S. Byrd , Kathryn E. Barnett , John T. Spragens , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Nashville, TN, Robert J. Nelson , Elizabeth Joan Cabraser , Richard M. Heimann , Sarah Robin London , Martin D. Quinones , Todd A. Walburg , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Frederick C. Baker , Sara Orpha Couch , Rebecca M. Deupree , Robert Turner Haefele , James William Ledlie , Patrick Graham Maiden , Donald Alan Migliori , Lance V. Oliver , Joseph F. Rice , Lisa M. Saltzburg , Elizabeth S. Smith , Elizabeth C. Ward , Motley Rice, LLC, Mt Pleasant, SC, Steven L. Brannock , Celene Harrell Humphries , Thomas J. Seider , Brannock Humphries & Berman, TAMPA, FL, Charles Easa Farah, Jr. , Farah & Farah, PA, Jacksonville, FL, Nathan David Finch , Motley Rice, LLC, Washington, DC, Stephanie J. Hartley , Richard Lantinberg , Janna Blasingame McNicholas , Norwood Wilner , The Wilner Firm, PA, Jacksonville, FL, Mathew Jasinski , Michael J. Pendell , Motley Rice, LLC, Hartford, CT, Maegen P. Luka , Newsome Melton Law Office, Orlando, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee Judith Berger.

Samuel Issacharoff , New York University School of Law, New York, NY, Andrew R. Kaufman , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Nashville, TN, for Plaintiff-Appellee Bernard Cote.

Geoffrey Michael , Judith Bernstein-Gaeta , M. Sean Laane , Maura McGonigle , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholar, LLP, Washington, DC, Keri Arnold , Sherry J. Jarons , Arnold & Porter, LLP, New York, NY, Dana G. Bradford, II , Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Jacksonville, FL, Joshua Reuben Brown , Greenberg Traurig, PA, Orlando, FL, Mary Katherine Gates Calderon , Robert D. Homolka , Dale M. Johnson, II , Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO, Scott A. Chesin , Mayer Brown, LLP, New York, NY, Bonnie C. Daboll , Johnson Daboll Anderson, PLLC, Tampa, FL, Mark Jurgen Heise , Heise Suarez Melville, PA, Coral Gables, FL, James B. Murphy, Jr. , Terri Lynn Parker , Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before MARTIN, NEWSOM, and BRANCH, Circuit Judges.

Philip Morris USA, Inc. ("Philip Morris"), a cigarette company, appeals the District Court's order denying its motion for a new trial or to reduce the punitive damages award in favor of Judith Berger. Mrs. Berger sued Philip Morris based on her smoking-related injuries. A jury awarded her $6.25 million in compensatory damages...

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