PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC v. BROWN

Nos. 1D19-882 1D19-1309.

313 So.3d 898 (2021)

PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Mary BROWN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rayfield Brown, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 11, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Reilly , W. Edwards Muniz , and Hassia Diolombi of Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Miami; Terri L. Parker and Adriana M. Paris of Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP, Tampa; Geoffrey J. Michael and David M. Menichetti of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

John S. Mills of Bishop & Mills, PLLC, Jacksonville; John S. Kalil , Jacksonville; Courtney Brewer and Jonathan Anthony Martin of Bishop & Mills, PLLC, Tallahassee, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.


A wrongful death tobacco case was filed in 2010 by the estate of Rayfield Brown against Phillip Morris USA, Inc., that— after five trials—eventually led to a $6.4 million dollar judgment for compensatory damages on May 5, 2015. Brown had filed two proposals for settlement, one served in July 2010 that was deemed invalid and one...

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