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R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. MAROTTA

No. 4D13-1703.

182 So.3d 829 (2016)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. Phil J. MAROTTA, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Phil Felice Marotta, deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 6, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon James III , Eric L. Lundt and Robert Weill of Sedgwick LLP, Fort Lauderdale; and Gregory G. Katsas of Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Richard B. Rosenthal of The Law Offices of Richard B. Rosenthal, P.A., Miami; Philip Freidin and Randy Rosenblum of Freidin, Dobrinsky, Brown & Rosenblum, P.A., Delray Beach; and Alex Alvarez of The Alvarez Law Firm, Miami, for appellee.

In this Engle progeny case,1 R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ("the defendant") appeals a final judgment entered in favor of Phil J. Marotta, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Phil Felice Marotta ("the plaintiff"), arguing that federal law implicitly preempts state law tort claims of strict...

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