PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. v. DANIELSON

Case No. 1D16-234.

224 So.3d 291 (2017)

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., Appellant, v. Micah DANIELSON as Personal Representative of the Estate and Survivors of Norman Lamar Danielson, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Opinion filed July 24, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Geraghty , and Rachel A. Canfield , of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Miami, and Geoffrey J. Michael of Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, for Appellant.

John S. Mills , and Courtney Brewer , of The Mills Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, and Matthew D. Schultz of Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Rafferty & Proctor, P.A., Pensacola, for Appellee.


In this Engle-related case, Philip Morris USA appeals an order granting a new trial on Appellee's non-economic and punitive damages.1 We affirm the trial court's order granting a new trial as to the non-economic damages, but reverse the grant of a new trial on the punitive damages.

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