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LASCHKE v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 2D02-1804.

872 So.2d 344 (2004)

Jane LASCHKE and Rudolph Laschke, Appellants, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., a foreign corporation; Lorillard Tobacco Co., a foreign corporation; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., individually and as successor by merger to The American Tobacco Co., a foreign corporation; and Liggett Group, Inc., a foreign corporation, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

April 16, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard M. Acosta, St. Petersburg; Kent G. Whittemore and Bruce H. Denson of Whittemore, Denson, P.A., St. Petersburg; and Charles P. Schropp of Schropp, Buell & Elligett, P.A., Tampa, for Appellants.

Stephanie E. Parker of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Atlanta, Georgia; and Benjamin H. Hill, III, and Troy A. Fuhrman of Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Kenneth J. Reilly of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Miami; and C. Lawrence Stagg and Margaret D. Mathews of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee Lorillard Tobacco Co.

William A. Gillen, Jr., of Gray, Harris, Robinson, Shackleford, Farrior, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co.

Wayne Lee Thomas, Tampa, for Appellee Liggett Group, Inc.

DAVIS, Judge.

Jane Laschke and her husband, Rudolph Laschke, challenge the trial court order dismissing with prejudice their product liability suit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, individually and as successor by merger to the American Tobacco Company; and Liggett Group, Inc. (collectively "the tobacco companies"). In dismissing the Laschkes' action with prejudice, the trial court found...

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