NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT

ELAINE DAMIANAKIS, as Personal ) Representative of the Estate of Nikitas ) Damianakis, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D16-3367 ) PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.; AMERICAN ) TOBACCO COMPANY; PATRICIA A. ) BALISTRERI; BROOKE GROUP ) HOLDING INC.; BROOKE GROUP LTD., ) INC.; BROWN AND WILLIAMSON ) TOBACCO CORPORATION; JAMES N. ) CONLIN; HAROLD W. JONES; GEORGIA ) A. KELLY; MICHAEL L. KELLY; LIGGETT ) AND MYERS TOBACCO COMPANY; ) LIGGETT GROUP, INC.; LIGGETT ) GROUP LLC; VECTOR GROUP, LTD., ) ) Appellees. ) ) Opinion filed March 9, 2018.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pinellas County; Thomas H. Minkoff, Judge.

Michael J. Park of Park, Ossian, Barnaky & Park, P.A., Clearwater, for Appellant.

Daniel F. Molony, Terri L. Parker, and Razvan Axente of Shook Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Tampa; Geoffrey J. Michael of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellee Philip Morris USA, Inc. No appearance for remaining Appellees.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

MORRIS, LUCAS, and SALARIO, JJ., Concur.

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