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• Florida Appellate Court Affirms Plaintiff's Verdict in Smoking Case; Philip Morris USA to Seek Further Review 

A Florida appellate court has affirmed, without explanation, a St. Petersburg jury's 2003 decision ordering Philip Morris USA and Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp. to pay damages to a former smoker who has lung disease.

A three-judge panel of Florida's Second Circuit Court of Appeal rejected the company's argument that the jury was given improper legal instructions when it concluded that John Eastman, a 75-year-old former smoker who suffers from a respiratory illness, was entitled to damages.

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