R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. CALLOWAY

No. 4D12-3337.

201 So.3d 753 (2016)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, individually and as successor-by-merger to Lorillard Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA Inc., and Liggett Group LLC, Appellants, v. Marvine CALLOWAY, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Johnnie Calloway, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

September 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamine Reid and Jeffrey A. Cohen of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Miami, Gregory G. Katsas of Jones Day, Washington, D.C., and Charles R.A. Morse of Jones Day, New York, N.Y., for appellant/cross-appellee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Makai Fisher of Shook , Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, Geri E. Howell of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Miami, and Geoffrey J. Michael of Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellant/cross-appellee Philip Morris USA Inc.

Karen H. Curtis of Clarke Silverglate, P.A., Miami, and Kelly Anne Luther and Ann M. St. Peter-Griffith of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, Miami, for appellant/cross-appellee Liggett Group LLC.

Bard D. Rockenbach of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, Scott P. Schlesinger , Jonathan Gdanski and Steven J. Hammer of Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, John S. Mills and Courtney Brewer of The Mills Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, and David J. Sales , Jupiter, for appellee/cross-appellant.

Richard B. Rosenthal of The Law Offices of Richard B. Rosenthal, P.A., Miami, for Amicus Curiae The Engle Plaintiffs' Law Firms.


ON MOTIONS FOR REHEARING, CLARIFICATION, CERTIFICATION, AND REHEARING EN BANC

Plaintiff moves for rehearing, clarification, or certification. Defendants move for rehearing and rehearing en banc. We grant the motion for rehearing en banc, withdraw our previous opinion, and substitute this opinion in its place. In doing...

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