Court Opinion

ID: 4284169
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2018-06-13 19:07:13.652908+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:54:39.114178
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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D17-959
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PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. and
R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO
COMPANY,

    Appellants,

    v.

MARY FARICY PARDUE, as
personal representative of the
Estate of John N. Faricy,

    Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Alachua County.
Stanley H. Griffis, III, Judge.

                          June 13, 2018

PER CURIAM.

    AFFIRMED.

LEWIS, MAKAR, and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., concur.
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    Not final until disposition of any timely and
    authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
    9.331.
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Joseph H. Lang, Jr. of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Tampa;
Scott A. Chesin and Michael Rayfield of Mayer Brown LLP, New
York, for Appellant Philip Morris USA, Inc..

William L. Durham, II, and Val Leppert of King & Spalding LLP,
Atlanta, for Appellant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Rod Smith and Dawn Vallejos-Nichols of Avera & Smith, LLP,
Gainesville; John S. Kalil of Law Offices of John S. Kalil, P.A.,
Jacksonville; John S. Mills and Courtney Brewer of The Mills
Firm, P.A., Tallahassee; Robert E. Shields of Doffermyre Shields
Canfield & Knowles, LLC, Atlanta, for Appellee.

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