Opinion
Case No. 2D17-4620
01-02-2019
R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Individually and as Successor by Merger to Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Individually and as Successor by Merger to the American Tobacco Company, a Foreign Corporation, Appellant, v. Mary LIMA, as Personal Representative FOR the ESTATE OF Johnny LIMA; Philip Morris USA, Inc., a Foreign Corporation; Lorillard Tobacco Company, a Foreign Corporation; Liggett Group, LLC, (f/k/a Liggett Group, Inc., f/k/a Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company); and Vector Group Ltd, Inc. (f/k/a Brooke Group, Ltd.), a Foreign Corporation. Appellees.
Marie A. Borland and Troy A. Fuhrman of Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa; Charles R. A. Morse of Jones Day, New York, New York; and Brian C. Lea of Jones Day, Atlanta, for Appellant. Thomas J. Seider, Celene H. Humphries, and Maegen P. Luka of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa; Scott Schlesinger, Steven Hammer, Jonathan R. Gdanski, and Brittany Chambers of Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A., Fort Lauderdale; and C. Steven Yerrid of The Yerrid Law Firm, Tampa, for Appellee Mary Lima, as personal representative of the Estate of Johnny Lima. No appearance for remaining Appellees.
Marie A. Borland and Troy A. Fuhrman of Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa; Charles R. A. Morse of Jones Day, New York, New York; and Brian C. Lea of Jones Day, Atlanta, for Appellant.
Thomas J. Seider, Celene H. Humphries, and Maegen P. Luka of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa; Scott Schlesinger, Steven Hammer, Jonathan R. Gdanski, and Brittany Chambers of Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A., Fort Lauderdale; and C. Steven Yerrid of The Yerrid Law Firm, Tampa, for Appellee Mary Lima, as personal representative of the Estate of Johnny Lima.
No appearance for remaining Appellees.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed.
KHOUZAM, SLEET, and BADALAMENTI, JJ., Concur.