September 13, 2019
A Florida federal judge on Friday told Philip Morris USA Inc. to finally pay up on a $20 million verdict against it won by a now-deceased former smoker, saying its "scattershot arguments" for a new trial are nothing but a delay tactic.
February 14, 2019
Philip Morris USA Inc. continued its attempt to overturn a $20 million punitive damages award for a now-deceased smoker by asking a Florida federal court Wednesday for a new trial or a reduced punitive damages award, calling the jury's verdict "grossly excessive."
January 17, 2019
A Florida federal court on Wednesday entered a $27 million judgment against Philip Morris USA Inc. for a now-deceased smoker, ending a four-year attempt by the tobacco giant to overturn a 2014 jury's $20 million punitive damages award.
August 10, 2016
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday turned down a bid by a smoker in an Engle progeny case to restore a $20 million punitive damages award against Philip Morris, saying that the genuine legal error she pointed out is one that can be fixed on appeal.
May 18, 2016
Philip Morris USA Inc. on Tuesday told a Florida federal judge that it's asking the Eleventh Circuit to weigh in on a jury's award of $3.75 million in an Engle progeny case, as well as the judge's recent decision preserving two of the smoker's claims.
May 06, 2016
A Florida federal judge on Thursday denied Philip Morris's motion for judgment as a matter of law on two claims in an Engle-progeny suit where a jury's $20 million punitive-damages award has already been struck down, saying alleged holes in the claims' legal foundations were in fact filled by portions of the landmark Engle decision.
May 02, 2016
A smoker in an Engle progeny case urged a Florida federal judge Monday to promptly reinstate a jury's $20 million punitive damages award against Philip Morris USA Inc., saying it was properly supported by evidence and a recent Florida Supreme Court opinion.
April 22, 2016
Philip Morris USA urged a Florida federal judge Thursday to hold off on deciding whether to grant a motion by a smoker in an Engle progeny case to reinstate the more than $20 million in punitive damages that she had won at trial, arguing that the court should wait for the Eleventh Circuit to consider liability claims in a different Engle suit.
April 12, 2016
A smoker in an Engle progeny case on Monday asked a Florida federal judge to reinstate a $20 million punitive damages award against Philip Morris in light of a recent Florida state supreme court decision in another Engle case that held a smoker's widow can seek punitive damages.
November 19, 2015
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday declined to rethink his decision to vacate a $20 million punitive damages award against Philip Morris in an Engle progeny case, saying the smoker's reasoning contorts his analysis of the precedent.