SOFFER v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 1D11-3724.

106 So.3d 456 (2012)

Lucille Ruth SOFFER, as personal representative of the Estate of Maurice Benson Soffer, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 24, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Mills , The Mills Firm, Tallahassee, Mark A. Avera , Rod Smith , Dawn M. Vallejos-Nichols , Avera & Smith, Gainesville, and James W. Gustafson, Jr. , Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Robert B. Parrish , Moseley, Pritchard, Parrish, Knight & Jones, Jacksonville, and Gregory G. Katsas , Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.


MAKAR, J.

Lucille Soffer, the personal representative of the estate of her deceased husband, Maurice Soffer, appeals the final judgment in this Engle-progeny wrongful death action. Mrs. Soffer contests the trial court's disallowing a claim for punitive damages on negligence and strict liability theories. R.J. Reynolds cross-appeals, seeking a new trial based on evidentiary errors as well as reversal of the trial court's orders regarding its statute of limitations...

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