Case Title: Liggett Group, Inc. v. Scott Davis, Etc.

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC08-541

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2008-12-11T00:00:00Z

Document:
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Supreme Court of Florida  
No. SC08-541 
LIGGETT GROUP, INC., 
Petitioner, 
vs. 
SCOTT DAVIS, etc., 
Respondent. 
[December 11, 2008] 
PER CURIAM. 
We initially accepted jurisdiction to review Liggett Group, Inc. v. Davis, 973 
So. 2d 467 (Fla. 4th DCA 2007), a decision in which the Fourth District Court of 
Appeal certified two questions to be of great public importance.  See art. V, § 
3(b)(4), Fla. Const.  However, upon further consideration, we have determined that 
we should exercise our discretion to discharge jurisdiction.  Accordingly, this 
review proceeding is dismissed. 
It is so ordered. 
QUINCE, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, CANADY, and 
POLSTON, JJ., concur. 
LEWIS, J., dissents. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED. 
Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal - Certified 
Great Public Importance 
Fourth District - Case No. 4-D04-3811 
(Broward County) 
Alvin B. Davis of Squire, Sanders and Dempsey, LLP, Miami, Florida, 
for Petitioner 
John Venable of Venable and Venable, P.A., Tampa, Florida, Angel M. Reyes and 
Daniel F. O’Shea of Reyes, O’Shea and Coloca, P.A., Coral Gables, Florida, and 
Todd R. Schwartz of Ginsberg and Schwartz, Miami, Florida, 
for Respondent 
Daniel B. Rogers of Shook, Hardy and Bacon, LLP, Miami, Florida, Victor E. 
Schwartz and Mark A. Behrens of Shook, Hardy and Bacon, LLP, Washington, 
D.C., and Robin S. Conrad, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Washington, 
D.C., on behalf of Associated Industries of Florida, Chamber of Commerce of the 
United States of America, National Association of Manufacturers, American Tort 
Reform Association, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, and 
National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies; and Christopher V. Carlyle 
and Shannon McLin Carlyle of The Carlyle Appellate Law Firm, The Villages, 
Florida, on behalf of Florida Justice Association and the American Association for 
Justice, 
for Amici Curiae 
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