PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC. v. KAYTON

No. 4D10-3573.

104 So.3d 1145 (2012)

PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., Appellant, v. Allyson KAYTON as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ellen Tate, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 18, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lauren R. Goldman of Mayer Brown LLP, New York, New York, Gary L. Sasso of Carlton Fields, Tampa, and Andrew S. Brenner of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Miami, for appellant.

John S. Mills of The Mills Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, Robert S. Glazier of the Law Office of Robert S. Glazier, Miami, Law Office of Gary Paige, P.A., Coral Gables, Trop & Ameen, P.A., Hollywood, and the Alvarez Law Firm, Coral Gables, for appellee.


TAYLOR, J.

In this Engle1 progeny case, Philip Morris USA, Inc., appeals a final judgment entered on a jury verdict for Ellen Tate2 on her claims for strict liability, negligence, and conspiracy to commit fraudulent concealment. The jury awarded plaintiff $8,000,000 in compensatory damages and $16,215,000 in punitive damages. Philip Morris argues that the trial court erred in: (1) using the Engle...

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