GRAHAM v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 13-14590.

857 F.3d 1169 (2017)

Theresa GRAHAM, as PR of Faye Dale Graham, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, individually and as successor by merger to the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation and the American Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 18, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Joan Cabraser , Jordan S. Elias , Richard M. Heimann , Kent L. Klaudt , Sarah Robin London , Scott Purington Nealey , Robert J. Nelson , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Samuel Issacharoff , New York University School of Law, Jason L. Lichtman , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, NEW YORK, NY, Frederick C. Baker , Rebecca M. Deupree , Lance V. Oliver , Motley Rice, LLC, MOUNT PLEASANT, SC, Kathryn E. Barnett , Law Office of Morgan & Morgan, Kenneth S. Byrd , Andrew R. Kaufman , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, NASHVILLE, TN, Janna M. Blasingame , Stephanie J. Hartley , Richard Lantinberg , Edward I. Warren , Norwood Wilner , The Wilner Firm, PA, Charles Easa Farah, Jr. , Farah & Farah, PA, JACKSONVILLE, FL, Donald Alan Migliori , Motley Rice, LLC, PROVIDENCE, RI, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Stephanie Ethel Parker , Jason Todd Burnette , David M. Monde , John M. Walker , John F. Yarber , Jones Day, ATLANTA, GA, Keri Arnold , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Charles Richard Allan Morse , Jones Day, NEW YORK, NY, Cecilia M. Bidwell , Bonnie C. Daboll , Cathy Ambersley Kamm , James B. Murphy, Jr. , Terri Lynn Parker , Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, TAMPA, FL, Dana G. Bradford, II , Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Robert B. Parrish , Joseph W. Prichard, Jr. , David C. Reeves , Jeffrey Alan Yarbrough , Moseley Prichard Parrish Knight & Jones, JACKSONVILLE, FL, Andrew Brenner , Mark Jurgen Heise , Stephen N. Zack , Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, William Patrick Geraghty, Kenneth J. Reilly , Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Stacey Koch Lieberman , Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP, MIAMI, FL, Joshua Reuben Brown , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Karen C. Dyer , Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, ORLANDO, FL, Paul D. Clement , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Khalil Gharbieh , David E. Kouba , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Hilary R. Mehrkam , Jones Day, WASHINGTON, DC, Timothy James Fiorta , Jones Day, CLEVELAND, OH, Stephanie Sowers Sankar , Connor Jay Sears , Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, KANSAS CITY, MO, for Defendant-Appellant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Lauren R. Goldman , Mayer Brown, LLP, Keri Arnold , Michael Craig German , Ingo Sprie, Jr. , Arnold & Porter, LLP, NEW YORK, NY, Renee Tyndell Beaver , Judith Bernstein-Gaeta , Khalil Gharbieh , Peter T. Grossi , Brittany E. Hamelers , David E. Kouba , M. Sean Laane , Derek Read Molter , Carolyn A. Pearce , Michael S. Tye , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Miguel A. Estrada , Amir Cameron Tayrani , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, WASHINGTON, DC, Cecilia M. Bidwell , Bonnie C. Daboll , Cathy Ambersley Kamm , James B. Murphy, Jr. , Terri Lynn Parker , Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, TAMPA, FL, Dana G. Bradford, II , Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP, JACKSONVILLE, FL, Andrew Brenner , Mark Jurgen Heise , Patricia Melville , Stephen N. Zack , Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, William Patrick Geraghty , Kenneth J. Reilly , Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Stacey Koch Lieberman , Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP, MIAMI, FL, Joshua Reuben Brown , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Karen C. Dyer , Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, ORLANDO, FL, Roger C. Geary , Robert D. Homolka , Brian Alan Jackson , Stephanie Sowers Sankar , Hildy M. Sastre, I , Connor Jay Sears , Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, KANSAS CITY, MO, Thomas W. Stoever, Jr. , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, DENVER, CO, for Defendant-Appellant Philip Morris USA, Inc.

Cory L. Andrews , Richard Abbott Samp , Washington Legal Foundation, WASHINGTON, DC, for Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation.

F. Paul Bland, Jr. , Public Justice, PC, WASHINGTON, DC, for Amicus Curiae Public Justice, PC.

John Beisner , Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP, WASHINGTON, DC, for Amici Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Alabama Civil Justice Reform Committee, American Tort Reform Association, Business Council of Alabama, and National Association of Manufacturers.

Robert Cecil Gilbert , Kopelowitz Ostrow Ferguson Weiselberg Gilbert, CORAL GABLES, FL, for Amicus Curiae Tobacco Control Legal Consortium.

John Stewart Mills , Courtney Rebecca Brewer , The Mills Firm, Philip John Padovano , Brannock & Humphries, TALLAHASSEE, FL, Steven L. Brannock , Celene Harrell Humphries , Maegen P. Luka , Brannock & Humphries, PA, TAMPA, FL, Kenneth S. Canfield , Doffermyre Shields Canfield & Knowles, LLC, ATLANTA, GA, for Amicus Curiae Engle State Plaintiffs' Firms.

Rachel Bloomekatz , Gupta Wessler PLLC, WASHINGTON, DC, for Amici Curiae American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Lung Association, Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, National Association of County and City Health Officials, Tobacco Control Legal Consortium, Truth Initiative, and NAATPN Inc.

Before TJOFLAT, HULL, MARCUS, WILSON, WILLIAM PRYOR, MARTIN, JORDAN, ROSENBAUM, JULIE CARNES, and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges.


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