NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS v. BRITT

No. 3D16-2583.

241 So.3d 208 (2017)

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, etc., Appellant, v. Rosa-Maria F. BRITT, etc., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed September 6, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DLA Piper and Fredrick H.L. McClure and J. Trumon Phillips (Tampa); Munger, Tolles & Olson and Michael B. DeSanctis (Washington, DC) and John B. Major (San Francisco, CA), for appellant.

The Ferraro Law Firm and Juan P. Bauta, II , and Janpaul Portal , for appellee.

Crowell & Moring and William L. Anderson ; Shook Hardy & Bacon and Frank Cruz-Alvarez for Florida Justice Reform Institute and Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc., as amici curiae.

Before SUAREZ, SALTER and LUCK, JJ.


This is a mesothelioma case originally brought by Dennis Britt and his wife, Rosa-Maria Britt (as to loss of consortium), as plaintiffs ("Mr. and Mrs. Britt"), against Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation ("Northrop"). In 2014, Mr. Britt passed away, and Mrs. Britt (as personal representative of his estate), was substituted for Mr. Britt...

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