PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC. v. LEDOUX

No. 3D16-675.

230 So.3d 530 (2017)

PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Appellants, v. Roland LEDOUX, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Patricia Mary Ledoux, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed October 18, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, Daphne O'Connor and Geoffrey J. Michael (Washington, DC); Shook, Hardy & Bacon and Frank Cruz-Alvarez ; King & Spalding, William L. Durham, II , and Val Leppert (Atlanta, GA), for appellants.

Gordon & Doner, Robert E. Gordon and Gary M. Paige (Davie); Trop Law Group and Adam Trop (Tamarac); David J. Sales and Daniel R. Hoffman (Jupiter), for appellee.

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


The defendants below, Philip Morris USA, Inc. ("PM") and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ("RJR") (together, "Defendants"), appeal from a final judgment following a jury trial and a verdict in favor of the plaintiff below, Roland Ledoux ("Roland"), as the personal representative of the estate of Patricia Mary Ledoux ("Plaintiff" or "Patricia...

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