CHACON v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.

No. 3D16-2330.

254 So.3d 1172 (2018)

Elsa CHACON, etc., Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed September 12, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Alvarez Firm, and Alex Alvarez and Phillip E. Holden , Coral Gables; Rossman, Baumberger, Reboso & Spier, P.A., and Charles H. Baumberger , Miami; Brannock & Humphries, and Celene H. Humphries , Shea T. Moxon , Maegen P. Luka , and Thomas J. Seider (Tampa), for appellant/cross-appellee.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P, and Frank Cruz-Alvarez and Alexandra Bach Lagos , Miami; Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, and Geoffrey J. Michael (Washington, D.C.), for appellee/cross-appellant.

Before SUAREZ, SCALES, and LUCK, JJ.


Elsa Chacon ("Chacon"), as the Personal Representative of the Estate of her husband Robiel Chacon, brought a wrongful death action against Philip Morris.1 Chacon brings this appeal from an adverse final judgment in favor of Philip Morris. This appeal presents a legal issue of first impression for the Engle...

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