BRACKETT v. LORILLARD TOBACCO CO.

No. 5D10-1842.

81 So.3d 636 (2012)

Delores D. BRACKETT, as Personal, etc., Appellant, v. LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

March 9, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Brannock , Celene H. Humphries , and Tyler K. Pitchford of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa, and Gregory D. Prysock , of Morgan & Morgan, Jacksonville, and Keith R. Mitnik , of Morgan & Morgan, Orlando, for Appellant.

David L. Ross , Elliot H. Scherker and Brigid F. Cech Samole , of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, and Dawn Giebler Milner , of Greenberg Traurig, L.L.P., Orlando, for Appellees Lorillard Tobacco Company.

Kelly Luther , Maria H. Ruiz and Giselle Gonzalez Manseur , of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, L.L.P., Miami, for Appellees Liggett Group L.L.C. & Vector Group Ltd.

Jeffrey E. Bigman , of Smith, Hood, Loucks, Stout, Bigman & Brock, P.A., Daytona Beach, and David B. Thorne and Jennifer M. Voss , of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Tampa, and William P. Geraghty and Frank Cruz-Alvarez , of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Miami, for Appellees Phillip Morris USA, Inc.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant challenges the summary judgment in favor of Lorillard Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Vector Group, Ltd., Inc., and Liggett Group, LLC (collectively "Appellees") in this Engle1-progeny case. Appellant argues that: (1) summary judgment was premature; (2) summary judgment was improper because Appellees did not prove the absence...

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