Case Name: Bette Jean WALDEN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Laveon Austin Walden, Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY; Philip Morris USA, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Lorillard, Inc.; Liggett Group, LLC (f/k/a Liggett Group, Inc., f/k/a Brooke Group, Ltd., Inc., f/k/a Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company); and Vector Group, Inc. (f/ka Brooke Group, Ltd., Inc.), Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-12-31
Citations: 128 So. 3d 966
Docket Number: No. 1D12-2914
Parties: Bette Jean WALDEN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Laveon Austin Walden, Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY; Philip Morris USA, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Lorillard, Inc.; Liggett Group, LLC (f/k/a Liggett Group, Inc., f/k/a Brooke Group, Ltd., Inc., f/k/a Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company); and Vector Group, Inc. (f/ka Brooke Group, Ltd., Inc.), Appellees.
Judges: BENTON, VAN NORTWICK, and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 128
Pages: 966–967

Head Matter:
Bette Jean WALDEN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Laveon Austin Walden, Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY; Philip Morris USA, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Company; Lorillard, Inc.; Liggett Group, LLC (f/k/a Liggett Group, Inc., f/k/a Brooke Group, Ltd., Inc., f/k/a Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company); and Vector Group, Inc. (f/ka Brooke Group, Ltd., Inc.), Appellees.
No. 1D12-2914.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Dec. 31, 2013.
Steven L. Brannock, Celene H. Hum-phries, Sarah C. Pellenbarg and Tyler K. Pitchford of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa; Matthew D. Schultz of Levin, Papanto-nio, Thomas, Mitchell, Rafferty & Proctor, P.A., Pensacola, for Appellant.
Gregory G. Katsas of Jones Day, Washington, D.C., Charles F. Beall, Jr. and Larry Hill of Moore, Hill & Westmoreland,
P.A., Pensacola, for Appellee R.J. Reynolds; Joseph Hagedorn Lang, Jr. of Carlton Fields, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Roughton v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 129 So.3d 1145 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013); Gaff v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 129 So.3d 1142 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013).
BENTON, VAN NORTWICK, and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.