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Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Lukacs

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
May 18, 2010
34 So. 3d 56 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

Summary

affirming $24.8 million compensatory damages award

Summary of this case from Kerrivan v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Opinion

No. 3D08-3046.

March 17, 2010. Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 18, 2010.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Amy Steele Donner, Judge.

Kasowitz, Benson, Torres Friedman, and Leonard A. Feiwus and Kelly A. Luther, Miami; Clarke Silverglate Campbell, and Karen H. Curtis, Miami; King Spalding, and Richard A. Schneider, Atlanta; Boies Schiller Flexner, and Stephen N. Zack, Miami; Carlton Fields, and Gary L. Sasso, Tampa, for appellants.

McGrane, Nosich Ganz, and Miles McGrane; Hunter, Williams Lynch, and Steve Hunter; Bruce S. Rogow and Cynthia E. Gunther, Fort Lauderdale; Gerson Schwartz, and Philip Gerson, Miami, for appellee.

Before SUAREZ, CORTIÑAS, and SALTER, JJ.


Affirmed. Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc., 945 So.2d 1246, 1276-77 (Fla. 2006); Hendry v. Zelaya, 841 So.2d 572, 575 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003).


Summaries of

Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Lukacs

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
May 18, 2010
34 So. 3d 56 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

affirming $24.8 million compensatory damages award

Summary of this case from Kerrivan v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Case details for

Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Lukacs

Case Details

Full title:PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., and Liggett Group, LLC, f/k/a Liggett Group…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: May 18, 2010

Citations

34 So. 3d 56 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2010)

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