R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. GAFNEY

No. 4D13-4358.

188 So.3d 53 (2016)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, as successor by merger to Lorillard Tobacco Company, Appellant, v. Kathleen GAFNEY, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Frank Eugene Gafney, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

March 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chad A. Peterson , W. Randall Bassett and William L. Durham II of King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA; Jeffrey S. Bucholtz of King & Spalding LLP, Washington, D.C., for appellant/cross-appellee.

David J. Sales of David J. Sales, P.A., Jupiter; James W. Gustafson, Jr. , and Darryl L. Lewis of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., Tallahassee, for appellee/cross-appellant.


R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Lorillard Tobacco Company ("appellants")1 appeal from an adverse jury verdict in favor of Kathleen Gafney, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Frank Eugene Gafney ("appellee"). The jury found that the decedent's death was the result of diseases and medical conditions...

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