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PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. v. BRYANT

No. 1D18-1053.

274 So.3d 464 (2019)

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., Appellant, v. Veda BRYANT, Personal Representative of the Estate of Johnny Lee Bryant; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied June 17, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosemary Szanyi , Geoffrey J. Michael , and David M. Menichetti of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington D.C.; Laura Whitmore of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Tampa; and Connor J. Sears or Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, Missouri, for Appellant.

Douglas Eaton of Eaton & Wolk, PL, Miami, for Appellee Bryant.

Veda Bryant won a $681,000 judgment against Philip Morris USA Inc. based on her late husband's addiction to—and injuries from—smoking cigarettes. Philip Morris now appeals, arguing that it is entitled to a new trial because plaintiff's counsel asked an improper question and made an improper comment during closing argument...

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