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ELKINS v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

Civil Action No. 3:09-cv-11595-WGY-HTS.

65 F.Supp.3d 1333 (2014)

Fred ELKINS and Helen Elkins, Plaintiffs, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, individually and as successor by merger to the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation and the American Tobacco Company; and Lorillard Tobacco Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Jacksonville Division.

Signed November 4, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian T. Frutig , Donald A. Migliori , Elizabeth C. Ward , Frederick C. Baker , James W. Ledlie , Joseph F. Rice , Lance V. Oliver , Lisa M. Saltzburg , Nathan D. Finch , Patrick Graham Maiden , Rebecca M. Deupree , Robert T. Haefele , Vincent I. Parrett , Elizabeth S. Smith , Motley Rice, LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC, Charlie Easa Farah, Jr. , Janna B. Blasingame , Norwood Sherman Wilner , Farah & Farah, PA, Richard J. Lantinberg , Stephanie J. Hartley , The Wilner Firm, PA, Jacksonville, FL, Elizabeth J. Cabraser , Richard M. Heimann , Robert J. Nelson , Sarah R. London , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Kathryn E. Barnett , Kenneth S. Byrd , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, Nashville, TN, Mathew Jasinski , Michael J. Pendell , Motley Rice, LLC, Hartford, CT, for Plaintiffs.

Aviva L. Wernick , Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, LLP, Miami, FL, James B. Murphy, Jr. , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Tampa, FL, John Andrew Devault, III , Bedell, Dittmar, Devault, Pillans & Coxe, PA, Jacksonville, FL, Joshua Reuben Brown , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Orlando, FL, Nicolas Swerdloff , Jeff H. Galloway , Robb W. Patryk , Theodore V.H. Mayer , William R. Maguire , Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, LLP, New York, NY, Patrick P. Coll , Bedell, Dittmar, Devault, Pillans & Coxe, PA, Jacksonville, FL, Rafael Cruz-Alvarez , Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, LLP, Miami, FL, John Fachet Yarber , Jones Day, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM

I. INTRODUCTION

This is an Engle progeny action in which plaintiffs Fred and Helen Elkins (respectively, "Mr. Elkins" and "Mrs. Elkins"; collectively, "the Elkinses") seek compensatory and punitive damages for injuries allegedly caused by Mr. Elkins...

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