PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. v. SANTORO

No. 4D18-1730.

298 So.3d 630 (2020)

PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and Liggett Group LLC, Appellants, v. James SANTORO, as successor as Personal Representative of the Estate of Grace Santoro, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 6, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Northrip , Maria Salcedo , and Laura K. Whitmore of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Kansas City, MO, and Geoffrey J. Michael of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, for appellant Philip Morris USA Inc.

William L. Durham II and Val Leppert of King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA, for appellant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Kelly Anne Luther of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, Miami, for appellant Liggett Group LLC.

Justin Parafinczuk and Austin Carr of Koch Parafinczuk Wolf Susen, Fort Lauderdale, and Bard D. Rockenbach and Jeffrey V. Mansell of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Philip Morris USA Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, and Liggett Group LLC (Tobacco Defendants) appeal a final judgment for damages entered in favor of James Santoro, as Successor Personal Representative of the Estate of Mrs. Grace Santoro (the Estate). Tobacco Defendants contend that the court erred in denying their motion for directed...

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