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PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC. v. DOUGLAS

No. SC12-617.

110 So.3d 419 (2013)

PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., et al., Petitioner, v. James L. DOUGLAS, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 14, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Geraghty of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Raoul G. Cantero, III of White & Case, LLP, Miami, FL, Jennifer Marie Voss and Cathy A. Kamm of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Gary L. Sasso of Carlton Fields, P.A., Tampa, FL, Leah A. Sevi , Carlton Fields, Tallahassee, FL, David Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Armonk, NY, Lauren R. Goldman of Mayer, Brown, LLP, New York, NY, for Petitioner Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Gregory George Katsas of Jones & Day, Washington, DC, for Petitioner R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Karen Haynes Curtis of Clark & Silvergate, P.A., and Kelly Ann Luther of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP, Miami, FL, for Liggett Group LLC.

Howard Martin Acosta , Law Office of Howard M. Acosta, Kent G. Whittemore of the Whittemore Law Group, P.A., Bruce Howard Denson of Bruce Howard Denson, P.A., St. Petersburg, FL, Steven L. Brannock , Celene Harrell Humphries and Tyler K. Pitchford of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa, FL, for Respondent James L. Douglas.

John Stewart Mills and Courtney Rebecca Brewer of the Mills Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent Engle Plaintiff's Law Firms.

POLSTON, C.J.

We review the decision of the Second District Court of Appeal in Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Douglas, 83 So.3d 1002, 1011 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012), in which the Second District certified the following question of great public importance:1

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