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PERROTTO v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 4D14-4943.

169 So.3d 284 (2015)

Debra PERROTTO, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Nicholas Perrotto, Petitioner, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Philip Morris USA Inc., Lorillard Tobacco Company, Liggett Group LLC, and Vector Group Ltd., Inc., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 15, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bard D. Rockenbach of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Scott P. Schlesinger and Jonathan R. Gdanski of Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Joseph H. Lang, Jr. , of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Tampa, for respondent Philip Morris USA Inc. (and filing on behalf of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Lorillard Tobacco Co. for Response only).

Karen H. Curtis of Clarke Silverglate, P.A., Miami, for respondent Liggett Group LLC.

Petitioner seeks a writ of prohibition to review the denial of her motion to disqualify the trial judge. This is an Engle-progeny1 case with the basis for the motion to disqualify arising after the trial and verdict. We grant the petition. Petitioner has demonstrated that she has an objectively reasonable...

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