SEARCY v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 13-15258.

902 F.3d 1342 (2018)

Cheryl SEARCY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 5, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Issacharoff , New York University School of Law, New York, NY, Kathryn E. Barnett , Law Office of Morgan & Morgan, Nashville, TN, Janna M. Blasingame , Stephanie J. Hartley , Richard Lantinberg , Norwood Wilner , The Wilner Firm, PA, Jacksonville, FL, Kenneth S. Byrd , Andrew R. Kaufman , Nashville, TN, Elizabeth Joan Cabraser , Nancy Chung , Jordan S. Elias , Heather A. Foster , Richard M. Heimann , Kent L. Klaudt , Sarah Robin London , Scott Purington Nealey , Robert J. Nelson , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Charles Easa Farah, Jr. , Farah & Farah, PA, Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Stephanie Ethel Parker , Michael F. Stoer , John F. Yarber , Jones Day, Atlanta, GA, Keri Arnold , Ingo Sprie, Jr. , Arnold & Porter, LLP, New York, NY, Dana G. Bradford, II , Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Jacksonville, FL, Andrew S. Brenner , Mark Jurgen Heise , Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Miami, FL, Joshua Reuben Brown , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Orlando, FL, Paul D. Clement , Kirkland & Ellis, LLP, Washington, DC, Karen C. Dyer , Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Orlando, FL, Steven N. Geise , Jones Day, Cleveland, OH, Khalil Gharbieh , David E. Kouba , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Washington, DC, Gwenda L. Laws , Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, Raleigh, NC, Charles Richard Allan Morse , Jones Day, New York, NY, James B. Murphy, Jr. , Terri Lynn Parker , Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Tampa, FL, Robert B. Parrish , Joseph W. Prichard, Jr. , David C. Reeves , Jeffrey Alan Yarbrough , Moseley Prichard Parrish Knight & Jones, Jacksonville, FL, Stephen N. Zack , Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Ingo Sprie, Jr. , Keri Arnold , Arnold & Porter, LLP, New York, NY, Renee Tyndell Beaver , Judith Bernstein-Gaeta , Peter T. Grossi , Brittany E. Hamelers , M. Sean Laane , Geoffrey Michael , Mallori Browne Openchowski , Carolyn A. Pearce , Jason Alan Ross , Michael S. Tye , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Washington, DC, Dana G. Bradford, II , Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Jacksonville, FL, Andrew S. Brenner , Patricia Melville , Stephen N. Zack , Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Miami, FL, Joshua Reuben Brown , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Orlando, FL, Christopher V. Cotton , Robert D. Homolka , Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Kansas City, MO, Karen C. Dyer , Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Orlando, FL, Miguel A. Estrada , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, DC, Nathan D. Foster , Thomas W. Stoever, Jr. , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Denver, CO, Michael Craig German , Arnold & Porter, LLP, New York, NY, Khalil Gharbieh , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Washington, DC, Lauren R. Goldman , Mayer Brown, LLP, New York, NY, Mark Jurgen Heise , Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Miami, FL, Cathy Ambersley Kamm , James B. Murphy, Jr. , Terri Lynn Parker , Jennifer M. Voss , Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Tampa, FL, David E. Kouba , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, Washington, DC, Kenneth J. Reilly , Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Phillip Morris USA, Inc.

Celene Harrell Humphries , Brannock & Humphries, PA, Tampa, FL, Lorence Jon Bielby , John K. Londot , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Tallahassee, FL, Patrick P. Coll , Smith Hulsey & Busey, Jacksonville, FL, Wilfred P. Coronato , Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, Jersey City, NJ, John A. DeVault, III , Bedell Dittmar DeVault Pillans & Coxe, PA, Jacksonville, FL, Michael Dewberry , Woolsey Morcom, PLLC, Ponte Vedra, FL, Leonard A. Feiwus , Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, New York, NY, Kelly Anne Luther , Giselle Gonzalez Manseur , Maria Helena Ruiz , Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman, LLP, Miami, FL, Theodore V.H. Mayer , Robb W. Patryk , Cecily C. Williams , Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP, New York, NY, Nicolas Swerdloff, I , Kasowitz Benson Torres & Friedman, LLP, Miami, FL, for Amicus Curiae Engle State Plaintiffs' Firms Service.

Before MARTIN, ANDERSON, and JULIE CARNES, Circuit Judges.


Cheryl Searcy ("Plaintiff") sued the defendants, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Philip Morris Inc. (together, "Defendants") for unintentional and intentional torts arising from the death of her mother, Carol Lasard, alleging that Lasard's illnesses were caused by her addiction to cigarettes manufactured by Defendants...

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