Brown Williamson Tobacco v. Carter

Full title: BROWN WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORPORATION, as successor by merger to THE…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Mar 12, 1999

No. 97-1893 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. Mar. 12, 1999)

Opinion

No. 97-1893.

Opinion filed March 12, 1999.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. Brian J. Davis, Judge.

J.W. Prichard, Jr. and Robert B. Parrish of Moseley, Warren, Prichard Parrish, Jacksonville; Thomas E. Riley and Steven L. Vollins of Chadbourne Parke, LLP, New York, for Appellant.

Ada A. Hammond and Charles M. Johnston of Johnston Hammond; Norwood S. Wilner and Gregory H. Maxwell of Spohrer, Wilner, Maxwell, Maciejewski Stanford, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellees.

PER CURIAM.

The sole issue of attorney's fees in this case is now moot by virtue of this court's decision in the unconsolidated case ofBrown Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. Carter, No. 96-4831 (Fla. 1st DCA June 22, 1998). Accordingly, we reverse and remand to the trial court with instructions to vacate the judgment for attorney's fees.

WEBSTER, LAWRENCE and BENTON, JJ., CONCUR.

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED