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PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC. v. HALLGREN

No. 2D12-2549.

124 So.3d 350 (2013)

PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., (f/k/a Philip Morris Incorporated), a foreign corporation; and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, a foreign corporation, Appellants, v. Theodore HALLGREN, Personal Representative of the Estate of Claire Hallgren, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 18, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Dal Burton of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Atlanta, Georgia, and Charles R.A. Morse of Jones Day, New York, New York, for Appellant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

William P. Geraghty of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Miami; and Raoul G. Cantero and John-Paul Rodriguez of White & Case, Miami; and Joseph H. Lang, Jr. of Carlton Fields, Tampa, for Appellant Philip Morris USA, Inc.

David J. Sales, Jupiter, Attorney for Appellee.

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...

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