PEARSON v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.

Case No. 2D17-3636.

270 So.3d 441 (2019)

Judith PEARSON, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Donald Pearson, Deceased, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., Appellee/Cross-Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied May 8, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Seider , Celene H. Humphries , and Maegen P. Luka of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa; Eric D. Roslansky of The Ruth Law Team, St. Petersburg; and Lee D. Gunn IV of Gunn Law Group, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Cathy A. Kamm of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Tampa; and David M. Menichetti and Geoffrey J. Michael of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.


Judith Pearson, as personal representative of the Estate of Donald Pearson, appeals the judgment entered in favor of Philip Morris USA Inc. in this Engle1 progeny case. Mrs. Pearson raises three issues on appeal, only two of which we address: the court's improper denial of a challenge...

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