HARRIS v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 19-11907.

981 F.3d 880 (2020)

Patricia HARRIS, as personal representative of the Estate of Gerald Harris, Plaintiff-Cross Appellant-Appellee, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Philip Morris USA, Inc., Defendants-Cross Appellees-Appellants, Lorillard Tobacco Company, et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 20, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Nelson , Elizabeth Joan Cabraser , Sarah Robin London , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Kenneth S. Byrd , Andrew R. Kaufman , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Nashville, TN, Charles Easa Farah, Jr. , Farah & Farah, PA, Jacksonville, FL, Donald Alan Migliori , Motley Rice, LLC, MT Pleasant, SC, for Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant.

Geoffrey Michael , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholar, LLP, Washington, DC, Emily C. Baker , Jones Day, Atlanta, GA, Bonnie C. Daboll , Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Tampa, FL, Sherry J. Jarons , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, LLP, New York, NY, David M. Menichetti , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholar, LLP, Washington, DC, Bruce R. Tepikian , Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, for Defendants-Appellants-Cross Appellees.

Before WILSON, NEWSOM, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


This is an "Engle progeny" case—we're told it's one of the last that we're likely to see. For the uninitiated, "Engle" refers to an entire generation's worth of litigation in which Florida-resident smokers (or, as in this case, their personal representatives)...

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