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BROIN v. PHILLIP MORRIS COMPANIES, INC.

Nos. 3D11-2129, 3D11-2141.

84 So.3d 1107 (2012)

Norma R. BROIN, et al., Petitioners, v. PHILLIP MORRIS COMPANIES, INC., et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied April 27, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerson & Schwartz and Edward S. Schwartz ; and Hunter, Williams & Lynch and Steve Hunter , for petitioners.

Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton and John W. Kozyak ; David J. Sales ; Searcy Denney and Christian D. Searcy ; McGrane Nosich & Ganz and Miles A. McGrane, III ; and Roderick N. Petrey , for respondents.

Before RAMIREZ, SUAREZ, and ROTHENBERG, JJ.

RAMIREZ, J.

Norma R. Broin, et al. (flight attendants) petition for certiorari review of an order disqualifying their attorneys in this case. We quash the trial court order because it departs from the essential requirements of law.

This appeal arises from a 1991 class action brought by numerous flight attendants against several tobacco companies. See Ramos v. Philip Morris Cos., 743 So.2d 24 (Fla. 3d DCA 1999);

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