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R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. CUDDIHEE

No. 1D19-0385.

272 So.3d 796 (2019)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY and Philip Morris USA Inc., Petitioners, v. Guy CUDDIHEE, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gil Cuddihee, Deceased, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 6, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason T. Burnette , Stephanie E. Parker , John M. Walker , and Edward M. Carter of Jones Day, Atlanta, and Charles R.A. Morse , Jones Day, New York, NY, for Petitioner R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company; Laura Whitmore of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Tampa, and J. Daniel Gardner of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P, Miami, for Petitioner Philip Morris USA, Inc.

David J. Sales and Daniel R. Hoffman of David J. Sales, P.A., Sarasota, for Respondent.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Philip Morris USA, Inc. seek a writ of prohibition following an order denying their motion to disqualify the trial judge from presiding over an Engle1 progeny trial. Because the motion to disqualify was legally sufficient, we grant the petition.

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