CANTA v. PHILIP MORRIS USA

No. 3D17-1959.

245 So.3d 813 (2017)

David CANTA and Corazon Canta, Petitioners, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed December 27, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Ferraro Law Firm and James L. Ferraro and Juan P. Bauta, II , for petitioners.

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer and Frances Daphne O'Connor and Geoffrey J. Michael , (Washington, D.C.), for respondent Philip Morris USA, Inc.; Carlton Fields Jorden Burt and Jeffrey A. Cohen , Benjamine Reid and Douglas J. Chumbley ; Jones Day and Jason T. Burnette (Atlanta, GA), for respondent R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Before SALTER, EMAS and LOGUE, JJ.


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