ROUGHTON v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 1D12-2848.

129 So.3d 1145 (2013)

Lucy ROUGHTON, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Daniel Dean Roughton, as surviving spouse, and on behalf of the estate, Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY; Philip Morris USA, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Lorillard, Inc.; Liggett Group, LLC (f/k/a Liggett Group, Inc., f/k/a Brooke Group, Ltd., Inc., f/k/a Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company); and Vector Group, Inc. (f/ka Brooke Group, Ltd., Inc.), Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 31, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Brannock , Celene H. Humphries , Sarah C. Pellenbarg and Tyler K. Pitchford of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa; Matthew D. Schultz of Levin, Papantonio, Thomas, Mitchell, Rafferty & Proctor, P.A., Pensacola, for Appellant.

Gregory G. Katsas of Jones Day, Washington, D.C., Charles F. Beall, Jr. and Larry Hill of Moore, Hill & Westmoreland, P.A., Pensacola, for Appellee R.J. Reynolds.


BENTON, J.

Both as personal representative of the estate of Daniel Dean Roughton and on her own behalf, Lucy Roughton, Daniel's widow, asks us to overturn summary final judgment entered against her on grounds the statute of limitations bars wrongful death claims against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Lorillard Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA, Inc., Liggett Group LLC, and Vector Group Ltd., Inc. (Tobacco Defendants) on account of Mr. Roughton's death on May 2, 1997...

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