The REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA, by and through its Attorney General, Juan Nepomuceno GARRIDO, Appellant,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS COMPANIES, INC.; Philip Morris Incorporated; R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.(individually and as successor by merger to the American Tobacco Company); Batus Holdings, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Co.; Loews Corp.; The Council for Tobacco Research—U.S.A., Inc.; The Tobacco Institute, Inc.; Liggett Group, Inc.; Liggett & Meyers, Inc.; and Brooke Group Holdings Inc. S/h/a Brooke Group Ltd., Appellees.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 30, 2002.
September 30, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow, Olin & Perwin, P.A., and Joel S. Perwin, and Steven C. Marks, Miami, for appellants.
Boies, Schiller & Flexner, and Stephen N. Zack, Fort Lauderdale; Goodwin Procter, and Kenneth J. Parsigian, and David R. Zipps (Boston, Massachusetts); Shook, Hardy & Bacon, and Norman A. Coll, and Andrew A. Seenath (Miami), for appellee, Philip Morris Incorporated and Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, and Robert F. McDermott, Jr., and Paul S. Ryerson (Washington, D.C.); Carlton Fields, and Benjamine Reid, and Douglas J. Chumbley (Miami), for appellee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
Kirkland & Ellis, and Kenneth N. Bass (Washington, D.C.); Adorno & Zeder, and Anthony N. Upshaw (Miami), for appellees, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation and Batus Holdings, Inc.
Shook, Hardy & Bacon, and Gene E. Voigts, and Richard L. Gray (Kansas City, Missouri); Greenberg Traurig, and David L. Ross (Miami), for appellees, Lorillard, Inc., Lorillard Tobacco Company, and Loews Corp.;
Debevoise & Plimpton, and Steven Klugman, and Steen S. Michaels (New York) for appellee, The Council for Tobacco Research—U.S.A., Inc.
Clarke, Silverglate, Campbell Williams & Montgomery, and Kelly Anne Luther, for appellees, Liggett & Meyers, Inc. and Brooke Group Holding, Inc.
Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and GERSTEN, and SORONDO, JJ.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
PER CURIAM.
The Republic of Venezuela ("Venezuela") appeals an adverse order dismissing its complaint against the major U.S. and British tobacco companies, including the appellants, Philip Morris Companies, Inc., et. al. (hereafter collectively referred to as "defendants"). The complaint sought damages to recover costs incurred as a result of paying for the health care needs of its citizens who smoke. We affirm the order of dismissal.
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