Elaine Hess, etc. v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Decided April 2, 2015. Peggy A. Quince wrote the opinion for the court.

175 So. 3d 687 · Cited 58 times

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• Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Hess · 95 So. 3d 254
• Laschke v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · 766 So. 2d 1076
• Frazier v. Philip Morris USA Inc. · 89 So. 3d 937
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Webb · 93 So. 3d 331
• Nehme v. Smithkline Beecham Clinical Laboratories, Inc. · 863 So. 2d 201
• Carr v. Broward County · 541 So. 2d 92
• Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Tina Russo, etc. · 175 So. 3d 681
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Hiott · 129 So. 3d 473
• Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Douglas · 110 So. 3d 419
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Martin · 53 So. 3d 1060
• Bauld v. JA Jones Const. Co. · 357 So. 2d 401
• Pino v. Bank of New York · 121 So. 3d 23
• Diamond v. ER Squibb and Sons, Inc. · 397 So. 2d 671
• Silva v. Southwest Florida Blood Bank, Inc. · 601 So. 2d 1184
• Tropical Coach Line, Inc. v. Carter · 121 So. 2d 779
• Baskerville-Donovan Eng's, Inc. v. Pensacola Exec. House Condominium Ass'n, Inc. · 581 So. 2d 1301
• Lorillard Tobacco Co. v. Alexander · 123 So. 3d 67
• Carr v. Broward County · 505 So. 2d 568
• Johnston v. HUDLETT · 32 So. 3d 700
• Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Kayton · 104 So. 3d 1145
• Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Hallgren · 124 So. 3d 350
• Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp. v. Barnes · 752 So. 2d 556
• Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Cohen · 102 So. 3d 11
• Ambrose v. Catholic Social Services, Inc. · 736 So. 2d 146
• Damiano v. McDaniel · 689 So. 2d 1059

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• Estate of Yevgenyi Scherban v. Suntrust Bank
• Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Tina Russo, etc. · 175 So. 3d 681
• National Auto Service Centers, Inc. v. F/R 550, LLC · 192 So. 3d 498
• Estate of Yevgenyi Scherban v. Suntrust Bank · 223 F. Supp. 3d 71
• Philip Morris USA Inc., and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Beatrice Skolnick, as personal representative of the Estate of Leo Skolnick · 171 So. 3d 747
• Lucille Ruth Soffer, etc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 187 So. 3d 1219
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Calloway · 201 So. 3d 753
• Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Putney · 199 So. 3d 465
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Odom · 210 So. 3d 696
• Estate of Hernandez v. Agency for Health Care Administration · 190 So. 3d 139
• Goheagan v. Perkins · 197 So. 3d 112
• Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Hess · 181 So. 3d 583

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