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MANSFIELD v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

Case No. 5D16-1826.

230 So.3d 181 (2017)

Demond MANSFIELD as Personal Representative of the Estate of Thelma Brown, Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Philip Morris USA and Lorillard Tobacco Company, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed November 3, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie E. Gary , Donald N. Watson , and Charles L. Scott, Jr. , of Gary, Williams, Parenti, Watson & Gary PLLC, Stuart, for Appellant.

Geoffrey J. Michael , of Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C., Cathy A. Kamm , Daniel F. Molony and Kristopher J. Verra , of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Tampa, and Jennifer Blues Kenyon , of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, Mo. for Appellee, Philip Morris USA.

Jason T. Burnette of Jones Day, Atlanta, GA, Troy A. Fuhrman and Marie A. Borland , of Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A., Tampa for Appellee, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Dawn Giebler Millner, of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Orlando, for Appellee, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company as successor-by merger of Lorillard Tobacco Company.

Demond Mansfield, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Thelma Brown, deceased, appeals the final summary judgment entered in favor of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Philip Morris USA (collectively, "Tobacco Companies") on their statute of limitations defense. We reverse and, consistently with Strax Rejuvenation and Aesthetics Institute...

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