Frazier v. Philip Morris USA Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, for conspiracy claim, it is the last act done in furtherance of the conspiracy that fixes the date for commencement of the statute of repose and plaintiff need not show continued reliance upon that last act
• holding that, for conspiracy claim, it is the last act done in furtherance of the conspiracy that fixes the date for commencement of the statute of repose and plaintiff need not show continued reliance upon that last act
• noting that appellant “made and preserved meritorious objections to the court’s adoption of the jury instruction and special interrogatory verdict question submitted by the appellees on the statute of limitations defense”
• rejecting Philip Morris’s contention that the plaintiff “was obligated to show further or continued reliance upon the alleged last act in furtherance of the conspiracy”
• looking to Engle III's treatment of Delia Vecchia for guidance on the question of class membership
• limitations period began to run, not when the smoker was diagnosed with COPD, but when symptoms of disease began manifesting itself to degree that the plaintiff knew or should have known of reasonable possibility that symptoms were causally related to smoking.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Elaine Hess, etc. v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-04-02· cited 58×
• Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Tina Russo, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2015-04-02· cited 26×
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Pamela Ciccone, etc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2016-03-24· cited 26×
• Walker Ex Rel. Estate of Walker v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2013-10-31· cited 18×
• Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Kayton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-11-28· cited 15×
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Ciccone
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-08-14· cited 13×
• Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Hallgren
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-10-18· cited 13×
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Buonomo
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-12-11· cited 12×
• Pauline Burkhart v. R.J.Reynolds Tobacco Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 2018-03-07· cited 11×
• Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Barbanell
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-10-17· cited 10×
• Damianakis v. Philip Morris USA Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-01-07· cited 5×
• Castleman v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-08-17· cited 5×
• Belanger v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-02-12· cited 3×
• Berger v. Philip Morris USA Inc.
  M.D. Florida· 2014-09-24· cited 1×
• George Duke, III v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 2013-09-06
• Damianakis v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-07-18
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Buonomo
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2013-09-25
• Harris v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
  M.D. Florida· 2019-04-15
• Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Odaima Garcia, etc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-11-15

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2006-12-21· cited 367×
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Martin
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-12-14· cited 91×
• Celotex Corp. v. Copeland
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1985-06-13· cited 65×
• Carter v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-11-22· cited 60×
• Marsh v. Valyou
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2007-11-21· cited 49×
• R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Brown
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-09-21· cited 49×
• Rey v. Philip Morris, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-11-30· cited 23×
• American Optical Corp. v. Spiewak
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2011-07-08· cited 23×
• Laschke v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2000-06-30· cited 14×
• Young-Chin v. City of Homestead
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-04-14· cited 13×
• Pulmosan Safety Equipment Corp. v. Barnes
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2000-01-06· cited 11×
• Barnes v. Clark Sand Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1998-10-05· cited 11×
• Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corp. v. Corcoran
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1996-07-17· cited 8×
• Brackett v. Lorillard Tobacco Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-03-09· cited 1×