Case Name: PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., Appellant, v. Phyllis BARBOSE, Personal Representative of the Estate of John Barbose, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2017-10-20
Citations: 228 So. 3d 702
Docket Number: Case No. 2D16-619
Parties: PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., Appellant, v. Phyllis BARBOSE, Personal Representative of the Estate of John Barbose, Appellee.
Judges: KHOUZAM and LUCAS, JJ„ and CAR'ROLL, HUNTER W., Associate Judge, Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 228
Pages: 702–703

Head Matter:
PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., Appellant, v. Phyllis BARBOSE, Personal Representative of the Estate of John Barbose, Appellee.
Case No. 2D16-619
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
October 20, 2017

Opinion:
BY ORDER OF THE COURT:
Upon consideration of Appellant's motion for a written opinion/citation filed on August 2i, 2017,
IT IS ORDERED that Appellant's motion for a written opinion is granted. The decision dated August 18, 2017, is withdrawn and the attached opinion is substituted therefor. Appellee's opposition to Appellant's motion is noted. Appellant's motion for leave to file a reply?-is denied as moot.
No further motions for-rehearing will be entertained in this appeal. .
Attachment
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., Appellant,
v.
PHYLLIS BARBOSE, Personal Representative of the Estate of John Barbóse, Appellee.
Case No. 2D16-619
Opinion filed October 20,2017.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pasco County; James R. Stearns, Judge.
Geoffrey J. Michael of Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.
George A, Vaka of Vaka Law Group, Tampa; Brent R. Bigger of Knopf Bigger, Tampa; Hendrik Uiterwyk, Paul E. Berg, Andrew Bennett, and Anna Frederiksen-Cherry of Abrahamson & Uiterwyk, Tampa, for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
We find no merit in the issues raised in this appeal and affirm the judgment below accordingly. With respect to Philip Morris USA Inc.'s. comparative fault argument (raised at § V. B. of Philip Morris USA Inc.'s initial brief), we affirm based on our decision in Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Boatright, 217 So.3d 166 (Fla. 2d DCA 2017), and once again certify conflict with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Grossman, 211 So.3d 221 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017), R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Calloway, 201 So.3d 753 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016), and R.J. Reyn olds Tobacco Co. v. Schoeff, 178 So.3d 487 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015).
KHOUZAM and LUCAS, JJ" and CAR'ROLL, HUNTER W., Associate Judge, Concur.