R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO, CO.
v.
MARY LIMA, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
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The trial court's judgment in the tobacco products liability action was affirmed.
Johnny Lima's estate, represented by Mary Lima as personal representative, brought a products liability action against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company a…
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NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING
MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO
) COMPANY, individually and as ) successor by merger to BROWN & )
WILLIAMSON TOBACCO
) CORPORATION, individually and as ) successor by merger to THE ) AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, a ) foreign corporation, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D17-4620 ) MARY LIMA, as personal ) representative for the Estate of Johnny ) Lima; PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., a ) foreign corporation; LORILLARD ) TOBACCO COMPANY, a foreign ) Corporation; LIGGETT GROUP, LLC, ) (f/k/a Liggett Group, Inc., f/k/a Liggett ) & Myers Tobacco Company); and ) VECTOR GROUP LTD, INC. (f/k/a ) Brooke Group, Ltd.), a foreign ) corporation. ) ) Appellees. ) ___________________________________) Opinion filed January 2, 2019. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Paul L. Huey, Judge. Marie A. Borland and Troy A. Fuhrman of Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa; Charles R. A. Morse of Jones Day, New York, New York;
and Brian C. Lea of Jones Day, Atlanta, for Appellant. Thomas J. Seider, Celene H. Humphries, and Maegen P. Luka of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa; Scott Schlesinger, Steven Hammer, Jonathan R. Gdanski, and Brittany Chambers of Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A., Fort Lauderdale; and C. Steven Yerrid of The Yerrid Law Firm, Tampa, for Appellee Mary Lima, as personal representative of the Estate of Johnny Lima. No appearance for remaining Appellees.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. KHOUZAM, SLEET, and BADALAMENTI, JJ., Concur.