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R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. SMITH

No. 1D12-2778.

131 So.3d 18 (2013)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. Vernell SMITH, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Emmon Smith, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied February 6, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Hill and Charles F. Beall, Jr. of Moore, Hill & Westmoreland, Pensacola, Stephanie E. Parker and John M. Walker of Jones Day, Atlanta, Georgia, and Donald B. Ayer and Gregory G. Katsas of Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

John G. Crabtree , George R. Baise, Jr. , and Donald P. Fitzgerald III of Crabtree & Associates, Key Biscayne, J.B. Harris of J.B. Harris, P.A., Coral Gables , Stuart N. Ratzan and Scott Vezina of Ratzan Law Group, Miami, Richard Diaz , Coral Gables , and Robert D. Trammell , Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Townsend, 90 So.3d 307 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012).

CLARK, J., concurs.

WETHERELL, J., specially concurring.

WETHERELL, J., specially concurring.

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