Diana Pappas, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Mina Pappas v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Liggett Group, LLC and Vector Group, LTD, Inc.

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT

DIANA PAPPAS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of MINA PAPPAS, Deceased, Appellant/Cross-Appellee,

v.

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY a foreign corporation, LIGGETT GROUP, LLC, a foreign corporation, f/k/a LIGGETT GROUP, INC., f/k/a LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO COMPANY and VECTOR GROUP LTD, INC., f/k/a BROOKE GROUP, LTD, a foreign corporation, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

No. 4D13-4600

[August 19, 2015]

Appeal and cross-appeal from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Jack B. Tuter, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. CACE07022785 and CACE08080000.

Steven M. Willner of Law Office of Steven M. Willner, P.A., Davie, for appellant/cross-appellee.

Eric L. Lundt and Gordon James, III of Sedgwick LLP, Fort Lauderdale, and Gregory G. Katsas of Jones Day, Washington, DC, and Jason T. Burnette, Atlanta, Georgia, for appellees/cross-appellants, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Karen H. Curtis of Clarke Silverglate, P.A., Miami, and Kelly Anne Luther of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, Miami, for appellees/cross-appellants, Liggett Group LLC and Vector Group LTD.

PER CURIAM.

This case is controlled by Roden v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 145 So. 3d 183 (Fla. 4th DCA 2014), decided after the trial court’s ruling. The trial court erred by not allowing the personal representative to amend the complaint and in dismissing the action on statute of limitation grounds.

Reversed.

GROSS and DAMOORGIAN, JJ., and HERSCH, RICHARD, Associate Judge, concur.

• • * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.