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R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. WEBB

No. 1D12-5063.

130 So.3d 262 (2013)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. Diane WEBB, as personal representative of the Estate of James Cayce Horner, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied January 29, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Trippe of Moseley Prichard Parrish Knight & Jones, Jacksonville, for Appellant.

Steven L. Brannock and Celene H. Humphries of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa, James W. Gustafson of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., Tallahassee, and David J. Sales of David J. Sales, P.A., Jupiter, for Appellee.

MARSTILLER, J.

This is the second appeal arising from a jury verdict and damages award in the wrongful death action brought by Appellee, Diane Webb ("Webb"), against Appellant, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ("RJR"). Webb sued RJR for the death of her father, James Horner, from lung cancer,1 and a jury awarded her $7.2 million in compensatory damages and $72 million in punitive damages. In R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Webb, ...

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