PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC. v. DUIGNAN

Case No. 2D15-5055.

243 So.3d 426 (2017)

PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Lorillard Tobacco Company; and Lorillard, Inc., Appellants, v. Kevin DUIGNAN, as personal representative of the Estate of Douglas Clarence Duignan, deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Opinion filed November 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cathy A. Kamm , Terri L. Parker , Daniel F. Molony , and Razvan Axente of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Tampa; Geoffrey J. Michael and Daphne O'Connor of Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, District of Columbia; Gregory G. Katsas of Jones Day (withdrew after briefing), Washington, District of Columbia; and Charles R.A. Morse of Jones Day, New York, New York, for Appellants.

David J. Sales , Daniel R. Hoffman of David J. Sales, P.A., Jupiter; Gary M. Paige , Robert E. Gordon of Gordon & Doner, P.A., Davie; James W. Gustafson, Jr. of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Philip Morris USA, Inc. (PM) and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (Reynolds) appeal from a final judgment entered in favor of Kevin Duignan, the personal representative of the Estate of Douglas Clarence Duignan (the Estate).1 Douglas Duignan smoked cigarettes made...

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