Case Name: Carmen STAGG, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Francisco Stagg, Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY and Philip Morris USA, Inc., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2017-02-22
Citations: 211 So. 3d 1108
Docket Number: No. 3D16-160 Consolidated: 3D16-157
Parties: Carmen STAGG, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Francisco Stagg, Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY and Philip Morris USA, Inc., Appellees.
Judges: Before WELLS, ROTHENBERG and SALTER, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 211
Pages: 1108–1108

Head Matter:
Carmen STAGG, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Francisco Stagg, Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY and Philip Morris USA, Inc., Appellees.
No. 3D16-160 Consolidated: 3D16-157
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Opinion filed February 22, 2017
Koch Parafmczuk <& Wolf, Austin Carr and Justin R. Parafinczuk, (Fort Lauder-dale), for appellant.
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, and Geoffrey J. Michael and David E. Kouba, (Washington, DC); Shook, Hardy & Bacon, and William P. Geraghty; King & Spalding, William L. Durham and Chad A. Peterson, (Atlanta, GA), for appellees.
Before WELLS, ROTHENBERG and SALTER, JJ.

Opinion:
WELLS, Judge.
Affirmed. See Gaff v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 129 So.3d 1142, 1145 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013); see also Uffner v. Philip Morris USA Inc., 46 F.Supp.3d 1339, 1345 (M.D. Fla. 2014).