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BLUNDELL v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.

No. 1D13-6004.

164 So.3d 793 (2015)

Teresa Starr BLUNDELL, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Lucy Mae Starr, Appellant, v. PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 29, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angelo M. Patacca, Jr. , and Bruce R. Anderson, Jr. , of Terrell Hogan Yegelwel, P.A., Jacksonville; John S. Mills and Courtney Brewer of The Mills Firm, P.A., Tallahassee; David J. Sales of David J. Sales, P.A., Jupiter, for Appellant.

Gregory G. Katsas of Jones Day, Washington; Joseph H. Lang, Jr. of Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Tampa; Lauren R. Goldman of Mayer Brown LLP, New York, for Appellees.

We are presented with two issues in this case, the first involving jury instructions and the second concerning the availability of punitive damages for negligence and strict liability. We affirm the first issue without comment, and affirm the second based on our decision in Soffer v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 106 So...

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