STEVEN TOGNOLI vs PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.

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DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT STEVEN TOGNOLI, as Personal Representative for the Estate of LYNDA TOGNOLI, Appellant, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., Appellee. No. 4D16-224 [June 28, 2017] Appeal and cross-appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; John J. Murphy III, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 08-80000 (19) and 2008-CV-045898 (19). Thomas J. Seider, Celene H. Humphries and Maegen Peek Luka of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa; Alex Alvarez of The Alvarez Law Firm, Coral Gables; Randy Rosenblum of Dolan, Dobrinsky, Rosenblum, LLP, Miami; Philip Freidin of Freidin Brown P.A., Miami; and Maria P. Sperando of the Law Office of Maria P. Sperando, P.A., Stuart, for appellant. Scott D. Kaiser of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, Missouri; and Geoffrey J. Michael of Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC, for appellee. PER CURIAM. Affirmed. See R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Schoeff, 178 So. 3d 487 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015), review granted, SC15-2233 (Fla. May 26, 2016). CIKLIN, C.J., DAMOORGIAN and LEVINE, JJ., concur. * * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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