HESS v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.

No. SC12-2153.

175 So.3d 687 (2015)

Elaine HESS, etc., Petitioner, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Stewart Mills and Courtney Rebecca Brewer of The Mills Law Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, FL; Gary Mark Paige of Trop & Ameen, P.A., Davie, FL and Adam Trop of Trop & Ameen, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL; Bruce S. Rogow and Tara A. Campion of Bruce S. Rogow, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL; Alex Alvarez of The Alvarez Law Firm, Coral Gables, FL; and Marvin Weinstein of Grover & Weinstein, P.A., Miami Beach, FL, for Petitioner.

Joseph Hagedorn Lang, Jr. of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Tampa, FL; and Andrew Scott Brenner , Patricia Melville , and Luis Eduardo Suárez of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Miami, FL; and Raoul G. Cantero, III and John-Paul Rodriguez of White & Case LLP, Miami, FL, for Respondent.

Steven L. Brannock , Celene Harrell Humphries , and Tyler K. Pitchford of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa, FL, for Amici Curiae Engle.


Elaine Hess seeks review of the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Hess, 95 So.3d 254 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012), on the ground that it expressly and directly conflicts with the decision of the Third District Court of Appeal in Frazier v. Philip Morris USA...

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