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VILA v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.

No. 3D15-1853.

215 So.3d 82 (2016)

Jose VILA, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

October 13, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Ferraro Law Firm, P.A., and Paulo R. Lima , Allan B. Kaiser , Eric M. Tinstman , and Juan P. Bauta, II , for appellant/cross-appellee.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., and J. Daniel Gardner ; Arnold & Porter LLP, and Geoffrey J. Michael , Washington, DC, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before SUAREZ, C.J., and ROTHENBERG and FERNANDEZ, JJ.

In this Engle-progeny1 case, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant, Philip Morris USA Inc. ("Philip Morris"), finding that smoking cigarettes manufactured by Philip Morris was not a legal cause of the plaintiff's, Jose Vila ("Vila"), laryngeal cancer. Thereafter, the trial court...

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