NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT NEIL L. WHITESELL; NLW HOLDINGS, ) LLC; WHITESELL CORPORATION; and ) WHITESELL PRECISION COMPONENTS, ) INC. ) ) Appellants, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D16-3471 ) BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE ) AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT; WHITESELL ) FORMED COMPONENTS, INC.; and ) WHITESELL CANADA CORPORATION, ) ) Appellees. ) ) Opinion filed February 28, 2018 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Collier County; Lauren L. Brodie, Judge.

Steve I. Silverman, Alan J. Kluger, Erin E.

Bohannon, and Christina M. Himmel of Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L., Miami; and Alex Figares and Edmond E. Koester of Coleman, Yovanovich & Koester, P.A., Naples; and Lewis J. Liman and Thomas J. Moloney of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, New York, for Appellants.

Nicholas P. Mizell, Edward K. Cheffy, and Maria Vigilante of Cheffy Passidomo, P.A., Naples; and George Zimmerman, Jonathan L. Frank, Colm P. McInerney, and Julie E.

Cohen, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, New York, for Appellee Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft.

No appearance for remaining Appellees.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

LaROSE, C.J., and CASANUEVA and BLACK, JJ., Concur.

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