Philip Morris USA Inc. and R.J. Reynolds etc. v. Mary Faricy Pardue, as Personal etc.

FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

_____________________________ No. 1D17-959 _____________________________

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. and R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY,

Appellants, v.

MARY FARICY PARDUE, as personal representative of the Estate of John N. Faricy,

Appellee.

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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Alachua County. Stanley H. Griffis, III, Judge.

June 13, 2018

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED.

LEWIS, MAKAR, and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., concur.

_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.

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Joseph H. Lang, Jr. of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Tampa; Scott A. Chesin and Michael Rayfield of Mayer Brown LLP, New York, for Appellant Philip Morris USA, Inc..

William L. Durham, II, and Val Leppert of King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, for Appellant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Rod Smith and Dawn Vallejos-Nichols of Avera & Smith, LLP, Gainesville; John S. Kalil of Law Offices of John S. Kalil, P.A., Jacksonville; John S. Mills and Courtney Brewer of The Mills Firm, P.A., Tallahassee; Robert E. Shields of Doffermyre Shields Canfield & Knowles, LLC, Atlanta, for Appellee.