Legal Opinion
PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., and R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. ROSE POLLARI, etc
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided August 30, 2017No. 16-0334PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKlingensmith, J.
Philip Morris USA, Inc. (“PM”) and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (“RJR”) (collectively, “Defendants”) appeal the final judgment of an Engle 1 progeny case in favor of Rose Pollari (“Plaintiff’), as personal representative of the estate of her deceased husband, Paul Pollari. Though the parties raise numerous issues on appeal and cross-appeal, 2 we write only to address Defendants’ argument that the trial court erred by admitting into evidence several Surgeon General’s Reports on cigarettes (the “Reports”). On that issue, we agree and reverse.
Before trial, Defendants moved to exclude from evidence…
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