PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. v. GARCIA

No. 3D21-1584.

352 So.3d 404 (2022)

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., Appellant, v. Odaima GARCIA, etc., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed November 16, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Parafinczuk Wolf, and Austin Carr (Pembroke Pines); Menendez Trial Lawyers, and Jose M. Menendez ; Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., and Bard D. Rockenbach and Jeffrey V. Mansell (West Palm Beach), for appellee.

Before EMAS, SCALES and HENDON, JJ.


Following a trial in this Engle1—progeny tobacco case, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Odaima Garcia (personal representative of the Estate of Juan Rodriguez and plaintiff below) and against Philip Morris USA Inc. (defendant below). Plaintiff had sued Philip Morris for negligence...

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