PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. v. SKOLNICK

No. 4D13-4696.

171 So.3d 747 (2015)

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Appellants, v. Beatrice SKOLNICK, as personal representative of the Estate of Leo Skolnick, deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 2, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amir C. Tayrani of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, D.C., Joseph H. Lang, Jr. of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Tampa, and Peter M. Henk of Shook Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Houston, Texas, for appellant, Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Gregory G. Katsas of Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for appellant, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

David J. Sales of David J. Sales, P.A., Jupiter, John S. Mills of The Mills Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, and Jonathan R. Gdanski of Schlessinger Law Offices, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


In this Engle1 progeny case, plaintiff Beatrice Skolnick recovered compensatory damages from two tobacco companies — Philip Morris USA Inc. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The jury found for the defendants on claims of fraudulent concealment and conspiracy...

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