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GAFF v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 1D12-1874.

129 So.3d 1142 (2013)

Wilmer P. GAFF, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Lennette Gaff, individually as surviving spouse, on behalf of the estate, and on behalf of Lewis J. Gaff, surviving child, 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.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 31, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Brannock, Celene H. Humphries, Sarah C. Pellenbarg and Tyler K. Pitchford of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa; Matthew D. Schultz of Levin, Papantonio, 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; Karen H. Curtis of Clarke, Silverglate, P.A., Miami for Appellees Liggett Group LLC and Vector Group Ltd., Inc.; Elliot H. Scherker, David L. Ross, Julissa Rodriguez, and Stephanie L. Varela of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, for Appellee Lorillard Tobacco Company.

BENTON, J.

As personal representative of the estate of Lennette Gaff, as surviving spouse of Lennette Gaff, and on behalf of Ms. Gaff's surviving child, Wilmer Gaff asks us to overturn summary final judgment entered against him on grounds the statute of limitations bars wrongful death claims against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA, Inc., Lorillard Tobacco Company, Lorillard, Inc., Liggett Group, LLC, and Vector Group, Inc. (Tobacco Defendants) on...

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