ARAUJO DEJO v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC.

No. 3D02-1244.

843 So.2d 347 (2003)

Ada Violeta ARAUJO DEJO, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Manuel Aquiles Araujo Yecguanchuy, Appellant, v. PHILIP MORRIS, INC., The Tobacco Institute, Inc., and The Council for Tobacco Research-USA, f/k/a The Tobacco Institute Research Committee, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

April 23, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Offices of Simon & Dondero, P.A. and Steven R. Simon, Miami, for appellant.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP and Norman A. Coll, Miami; Goodwin Procter LLP and Kenneth J. Parsigian (Boston, Massachussets); Dechert, Price & Rhoads, and Norbert F. Bergholtz, and Joseph P. Archie, and Brennan J. Torregrossa (Pennsylvania); Gutierrez & Associates and Kathleen M. Sales, for appellee.

Before GODERICH and GREEN, JJ. and NESBITT, Senior Judge.


PER CURIAM.

ON MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION

We grant the Motion for Clarification; withdraw our opinion of February 26, 2003; and substitute the following opinion in its stead.

Plaintiff appeals the granting of the defendants' motion to dismiss with prejudice. We affirm.

The record and order in this case have provided us with sufficient information to determine that the trial court properly dismissed this case on forum non conveniens grounds...

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