TOWNSEND v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. SC15-722.

192 So.3d 1223 (2016)

Lyantie TOWNSEND, etc., Petitioner, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 9, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracy Sue Carlin , Steven L. Brannock , and Celene Harrell Humphries of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa, FL; Gregory David Prysock and Katherine Michelle Massa of Morgan & Morgan, P.A., Jacksonville, FL; and Keith Randolph Mitnik of Morgan & Morgan, P.A., Orlando, FL, for Petitioner.

Charles Franklin Beall, Jr. and Thomas Larry Hill of Moore, Hill & Westmoreland, P.A., Pensacola, FL; and Gregory George Katsas and Charles Richard Allan Morse of Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Courtney Rebecca Brewer and John Stewart Mills of The Mills Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Amicus Curiae Florida Justice Association.


This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Townsend, 160 So.3d 570 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015). In its decision, the district court certified a question of great public importance to this Court. See id. at 575....

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