PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC. v. TULLO

Nos. 4D11-2788, 4D11-2886.

121 So.3d 595 (2013)

PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Liggett Group, LLC (f/k/a Liggett Group, Inc., f/k/a Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company); R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Vector Group, Ltd., Inc. (f/k/a Brooke Group, Ltd.), Appellants, v. Mary TULLO, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Dominick Tullo, deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 7, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen N. Zack and Andrew S. Brenner of the law firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Miami, Gary L. Sasso and Joseph H. Lang, Jr. , of Carlton Fields, Tampa, for appellant Philip Morris U.S.A, Elliot H. Scherker and Julissa Rodriguez of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, for appellant Lorillard Tobacco Co.

Karen H. Curtis of Clarke Silverglate, P.A., Miami, and Kelly Anne Luther of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP, Miami, for appellant Liggett Group LLC.

Lenore Smith , Eric L. Lundt and Gordon James, III , of Sedgwick LLP, Fort Lauderdale, Charles R.A. Morse , Jones Day, New York, and Gregory G. Katsas of Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for appellant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Bard D. Rockenbach of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, Steven J. Hammer and Jonathan Gdanski of Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, for appellee Mary Tullo.


DAMOORGIAN, C.J.

Philip Morris USA, Inc. ("PM USA"), Lorillard Tobacco Company ("Lorillard") and Liggett Group, LLC ("Liggett") (collectively referred to as the "Tobacco Companies") appeal the trial court's final judgment entered in favor of Mary Tullo, as surviving spouse and personal representative of the estate of her deceased husband, Dominick Tullo. The Tobacco Companies raise three issues on appeal. First, they contend that the trial court erred in giving a...

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