Legal Opinion
Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Hallgren
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided October 18, 2013No. 2D12-2549PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SLEET, Judge.
Philip Morris USA, Inc., and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (collectively the “Tobacco Companies”) challenge a final judgment entered after jury trial in favor of Theodore Hallgren, as personal representative of the estate of Claire Hallgren. The final judgment upheld the jury’s award of approximately $1 million in compensatory damages, after factoring in Mrs. Hallgren’s comparative fault, and $1.5 million in punitive damages on claims based on Mrs. Hallgren’s smoking-related death. We affirm.
Mrs. Hallgren died from lung cancer on November 26, 1995, following her sixty-year use of…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2006
- Kush v. LloydSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. MartinDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010
- Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. DouglasSupreme Court of Florida · 2013
- Liggett Group, Inc. v. EngleDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Elaine Hess, etc. v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2015
- Lucille Ruth Soffer, etc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanySupreme Court of Florida · 2016
- Tom Hawk v. Pershing, L.L.C.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2019
- Bernard Cote v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2018
- Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. BoatrightDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017
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