OLSEN v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.

No. 3D21-1576.

343 So.3d 172 (2022)

Rosemary OLSEN, etc., Appellant, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed July 27, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Alvarez Law Firm, and Alex Alvarez , Michael Alvarez , Philip Holden , and Nicholas Reyes ; David J. Sales, P.A., and David J. Sales (Sarasota), for appellant.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, and Frank Cruz-Alvarez and Melissa N. Madsen and Scott A. Chesin (New York, NY); Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, and Geoffrey J. Michael (Washington, DC), for appellee.

Before EMAS, SCALES and GORDO, JJ.


In this Engle-progeny case, Rosemary Olsen (the personal representative for her husband's estate) appeals from a final judgment, following a jury trial in which the jury found in favor of Philip Morris USA, Inc. The jury found in favor of Philip Morris on the first (and threshold) question on the verdict form: "Was...

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