03-1593 PHILLIP MORRIS V. WILLIAMS

State: Florida

Court: Florida Third District Court

Docket No: 03-1593 PHILLIP MORRIS V. WILLIAMS

Case Date: 12/01/2004

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA THIRD DISTRICT JULY TERM, A.D. 2004 **

PHILLIP MORRIS, INC., et al., vs. CINDY WILLIAMS, Appellee. Appellants,

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CASE NO. 3D03-1593

LOWER TRIBUNAL CASE NO. 00-1699

Opinion filed December 1, 2004. An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Ronald M. Friedman, Judge. Greenberg Traurig and David L. Ross and Elliot H. Scherker, for appellants. Hunter, Williams & Lynch and Steve Hunter, for appellee. Before GREEN, FLETCHER, and RAMIREZ, JJ. PER CURIAM. If a rule of procedure allows for or provides a method of obtaining information, and a party's attorney follows that rule in seeking such information, trial such conduct "order is not, per se,

sanctionable.

The

court's

awarding

plaintiff's

attorney's fees" to Cindy Williams is reversed. Reversed.

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