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KERRIGAN, ESTESS, RANKIN & McLEOD v. STATE

Nos. 97-4008, 97-4222, 97-4311 and 97-4328.

711 So.2d 1246 (1998)

KERRIGAN, ESTESS, RANKIN & McLEOD; Montgomery & Larmoyeux; Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A., Robert G. Kerrigan; Robert M. Montgomery, Jr.; Sheldon J. Schlesinger; Nance, Cacciatore, Sisserson, Duryea & Hamilton; Howard & Associates, P.A.; and Yerrid, Knopik & Mudano, P.A., Petitioners, v. STATE of Florida, et al., and The American Tobacco Company, et al., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 18, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Beasley, Jr., David Leacock and Robert J. Hauser of Beasley, Leacock & Hauser, P.A., West Palm Beach; and Bruce S. Rogow and Beverly A. Pohl of Bruce S. Rogow, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for Robert M. Montgomery, Jr.; Montgomery & Larmoyeux; Sheldon J. Schlesinger; Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A.; and Kerrigan, Estess, Rankin & McLeod; Robert G. Kerrigan.

Arnold R. Ginsberg of Ginsberg & Schwartz, Miami, for Nance, Cacciatore, Sisserson, Duryea & Hamilton.

Gerald J. Houlihan of Houlihan & Partners, P.A., Miami, for Howard & Associates, P.A.

Stuart C. Markman and Susan H. Freemon of Kynes, Markman & Felman, P.A., Tampa, for Yerrid, Knopik & Mudano, P.A.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Jim Peters, Assistant Attorney General, and Kimberly J. Tucker, Deputy General Counsel, Tallahassee; Myron H. Burnstein, Deputy Attorney General, Fort Lauderdale; and Parker D. Thomson and Carol A. Licko of Thomson, Muraro, Razook & Hart, P.A., Miami, for respondents.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioners seek review of an order quashing their charging liens. We grant the petition for certiorari, quash the trial court's order, and remand for further proceedings.

Pursuant to section 409.910(15)(b), Florida Statutes, the State of Florida and others (the state) contracted with a team of private attorneys, including the petitioners, to sue the American Tobacco Company and others (the defendants) to recover health care costs caused by tobacco...

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