R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. GROSSMAN

No. 4D10-2993.

96 So.3d 917 (2012)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. Jan GROSSMAN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Laura Grossman, deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric L. Lundt and Gordon James III of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP, Fort Lauderdale, and Charles Morse of Jones Day, New York, New York, and Stephanie E. Parker , John F. Yarber and John M. Walker of Jones Day, Atlanta, Georgia, for appellant.

Bard D. Rockenbach of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Steven J. Hammer and Jonathan Gdanski of Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


TAYLOR, J.

R.J. Reynolds appeals the final judgment entered on a jury verdict for the Estate of Laura Grossman. R.J. Reynolds argues that the trial court erred in precluding it from contesting certain factual issues, pursuant to Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc., 945 So.2d 1246 (Fla.2006). We affirm. See R.J. Reynolds v. Brown, 70 So.3d 707, 717-18 (Fla. 4th DCA 2011) (affirming the use...

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