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JONES v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 2D01-412.

830 So.2d 854 (2002)

Robert R. JONES, Jr., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Suzanne M. Jones, deceased, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard M. Acosta, St. Petersburg; Gregory H. Maxwell of Spohrer, Wilner, Maxwell & Matthews, P.A., Jacksonville; and Charles P. Schropp of Schropp, Buell & Elligett, P.A., Tampa, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Stephanie E. Parker of Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Atlanta; and Benjamin H. Hill, III, Troy A. Fuhrman, and Marie A. Borland of Hill, Ward & Henderson, Tampa, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Robert R. Jones, Jr., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Suzanne M. Jones, appeals an order granting a new trial to the defendant, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ("R.J. Reynolds"), in a wrongful death action. The jury returned a verdict granting Jones $200,028.57. We affirm.

After Suzanne Jones died of lung cancer in 1995, her personal representative brought this lawsuit against the manufacturers of the cigarettes Ms. Jones had smoked...

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