MARK SEITMAN & ASSOC. v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 86-5878.

837 F.2d 1527 (1988)

MARK SEITMAN & ASSOCIATES, INC., a Tennessee corporation doing business in the State of Florida, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, a New Jersey corporation doing business in the State of Florida, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Armstrong, III, Smathers & Thompson, Anthony Deglomine III, Miami, Fla., Rodrick John Enns, Winston-Salem, N.C., for defendant-appellant.

Lauri W. Ross, Hugo L. Black, Jr., Sam Daniels, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and VANCE, Circuit Judges, and ALLGOOD, Senior District Judge.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity case, Mark Seitman & Associates, Inc. sued R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Inc. for breach of contract. The jury returned a verdict for Seitman in the amount of $1,831,525. The district court denied Reynolds' posttrial motions and awarded prejudgment interest. Reynolds appeals, raising several issues. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I.

In July 1982, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Inc. entered into a contract...

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