PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. v. PUTNEY

Nos. 4D10-3606, 4D10-5244.

199 So.3d 465 (2016)

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and Liggett Group LLC, Appellants, v. Sharon PUTNEY, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Margot Putney, deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

August 31, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Lang, Jr. of Carlton Fields Jordan Burt, P.A., Tampa, and Andrew S. Brenner of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, Miami, for appellant Philip Morris USA Inc.

John P. Wiederhold of Wiederhold, Moses, Kummerlen & Waronicki, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Gregory G. Katsas of Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for appellant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

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

John S. Mills and Courtney Brewer of The Mills Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellee.


On Remand from the Florida Supreme Court

The portion of our previous decision rendered June 12, 2013, with regards to the defense of the statute of repose, having been quashed by the Florida Supreme Court by an order entered March 15, 2016, we withdraw our previous opinion and substitute the following in its place.

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