Tidwell v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Full title: Janice S. TIDWELL, etc. and Mertice Linton, etc., Appellants, v. PHILIP…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Date published: Dec 5, 2018

259 So. 3d 308 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018)

Opinion

Nos. 3D17-1920 & 3D17-1916

12-05-2018

Janice S. TIDWELL, etc. and Mertice Linton, etc., Appellants, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Appellees.

Wasson & Associates, Chartered and Roy D. Wasson ; Howard M. Acosta (St. Petersburg), for appellants. King & Spalding LLP, William L. Durham II and Chad A. Peterson (Atlanta, GA); Arnold & Porter and Geoffrey J. Michael (Washington, D.C.), for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

Wasson & Associates, Chartered and Roy D. Wasson ; Howard M. Acosta (St. Petersburg), for appellants.

King & Spalding LLP, William L. Durham II and Chad A. Peterson (Atlanta, GA); Arnold & Porter and Geoffrey J. Michael (Washington, D.C.), for appellees.

Before SALTER, LOGUE and LUCK, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

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).