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BROWN v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 08-16158.

611 F.3d 1324 (2010)

Bernice BROWN, Paul Christie, Dorothy Copeland, Juanita Coston, Alice Cothern, Robert Denton, Catherine Dillingham, Sharon Fernandez, Tony Harris, Nadine Head, Joanne Heflin-Gillis, Peggy Hickox, Alonzo Johnson, Mary Jane Moschini, Holly Murray, Lorraine Olson, Minnie Register, James L. Smith, Sr., Fonatine Wallace, Esther Werth, as Personal Representatives of the estates of Levi Brown, Sharon Christie, Robert Copeland, Troy R. Coston, James A. Cothern, Linda L. Denton, Catherine Dillingham, Sharon Fernandez, Linda Harris, Carson W. Head, Milton Heflin, Benjamin F. Hickox, Willie P. Johnson, Giuliano P. Moschini, Perry Murray, Floyd G. Olson, Jimmy C. Register, Wanette Smith, Robert E. Wallace and Howard Werth, respectively. Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, individually and as successor by merger to the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation and the American Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA, Inc., Lorillard Tobacco Company, Lorillard, Inc., foreign corporations, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 22, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Issacharoff, New York University Sch. of Law, New York City, Norwood S. Wilner, Frank Fratello, Jr., Wilner, Hartley & Metcalf, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiffs.

Stephanie Ethel Parker, Jones Day, Atlanta, GA, Andrew L. Frey, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, New York City, Elliot H. Scherker, Brigid F. Cech Samole, David L. Ross, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, FL, for Defendants.

John H. Beisner, Matthew Shoes, Scott M. Edson, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae.

Before CARNES, HULL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

CARNES, Circuit Judge:

I.

Almost two decades ago, six individuals filed a lawsuit in Florida state court against the major domestic makers of cigarettes and two industry organizations seeking over $100 billion in both compensatory and punitive damages for injuries allegedly caused by smoking. Liggett Grp. Inc. v. Engle, 853 So.2d 434, 440-41 (Fla. 3d DCA 2003) (Engle II). The plaintiffs asserted claims of...

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