PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. v. CUDDIHEE

No. 1D20-2586.

338 So.3d 444 (2022)

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., Appellant, v. Sabrina CUDDIHEE, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gil Cuddihee, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 4, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Geoffrey J. Michael of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, D.C.; Scott A. Chesin and Michael Rayfield of Mayer Brown LLP, New York, New York, for Appellant.

Richard J. Lantinberg and A. Jay Plotkin of Jax Litigation Group, P.A., Jacksonville; Celene H. Humphries and Thomas J. Seider of Brannock Humphries & Berman, Tampa, for Appellee.


Philip Morris USA, Inc. appeals the trial court's denial of its motion for directed verdict in an Engle-progeny case where the jury found for the plaintiff. The jury concluded that the company conspired to conceal or omit material information about the risks or addictive nature of cigarette smoking, which led to the death of...

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