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PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. v. MARCHESE

No. 4D16-2003.

231 So.3d 473 (2017)

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. Gertrude MARCHESE, as Personal Representative for the Estate of Salvatore Marchese, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 22, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Lang, Jr. , of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Tampa, and Scott A. Chesin of Mayer Brown LLP, New York, NY, for appellant/cross-appellee Philip Morris USA Inc.

Gregory G. Katsas of Jones Day, Washington, DC; and Charles R.A. Morse of Jones Day, New York, NY, for appellant/cross-appellee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Lance V. Oliver and Lisa M. Saltzburg of Motley Rice LLC, Mt. Pleasant, SC; Howard M. Acosta of Law Offices of Howard M. Acosta, St. Petersburg; Kent G. Whittemore , Hutch Pinder and Erin W. Lohmiller of The Whittemore Law Group, P.A., St. Petersburg; and Bruce H. Denson of Bruce H. Denson, P.A., St. Petersburg, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Appellee Gertrude Marchese filed a wrongful death action against appellants, Philip Morris USA, Inc., ("PMUSA") and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ("Reynolds"). Appellee sought compensatory and punitive damages under the theories of strict liability, negligence, fraud by concealment, and conspiracy to commit fraud by concealment...

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