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R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. MOONEY

No. 3D13-1176.

147 So.3d 42 (2014)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Philip Morris USA Inc., and Lorillard Tobacco Company, Appellants, v. Lesia MOONEY, Individually, and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Barbara June Meacham, et al., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boise, Schiller & Flexner LLP, and Mark J. Heise , Andrew S. Brenner , and Stephen N. Zack and Lawrence V. Ashe , Miami; Arnold & Porter LLP, and Geoffrey J. Michael , Washington, DC, for appellant Philip Morris USA Inc.; Carlton Fields , and Benjamine Reid and Olga M. Vieira , Miami; Jones Day, and Charles R.A. Morse , New York, NY, for appellant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Greenberg Traurig, P.A., and Elliot H. Scherker , Julissa Rodriguez , Miami, and David O. Batista , Fort Lauderdale, for appellant Lorillard Tobacco Company.

The Ferraro Law Firm, and David J. Finger , Miami, and Allan B. Kaiser , for appellees.

Before WELLS, ROTHENBERG, and EMAS, JJ.

WELLS, Judge.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA Inc., and Lorillard Tobacco Company (collectively, "the defendants"), appeal a trial court's denial of their motion to transfer venue. Because we find no abuse of discretion in the trial court's ruling, we affirm.

Engle1 plaintiff-appellee, Lesia Mooney ("Mooney"), seeks monetary damages for the wrongful death of her...

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