BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP. v. CARTER

No. 96-1747.

680 So.2d 546 (1996)

BROWN & WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP. (as successor by merger to The American Tobacco Company), Petitioner, v. Grady CARTER and Mildred Carter, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 16, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.W. Prichard, Jr., James F. Moseley and Robert B. Parrish of Moseley, Warren, Prichard & Parrish, Jacksonville, for petitioner.

Norwood S. Wilner, Gregory H. Maxwell and Stephanie J. Franda of Spohrer, Wilner, Maxwell, Maciejewski & Stanford, Jacksonville, for respondents.


PER CURIAM.

Through this timely petition for writ of certiorari, Brown & Williamson Corporation seeks review of a non-final order of the circuit court which denied its motion for summary judgment on certain claims of the plaintiffs. For the reasons set forth below, we deny the petition.

Respondents are plaintiffs in the trial court seeking to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly caused by cigarette smoking. The defendant sought summary judgment...

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