R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. ODOM

No. 4D14-3867.

210 So.3d 696 (2016)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. Gwendolyn E. ODOM, Personal Representative of the Estate of Juanita Thurston, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

November 30, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey S. Bucholtz , Val Leppert , William L. Durham II , Philip R. Green and Jeffrey L. Furr of King & Spalding LLP, Washington, DC, Atlanta, GA, and Charlotte, NC, for appellant.

David J. Sales of David J. Sales, P.A., Jupiter, and Rosalyn Sia Baker-Barnes , Mariano Garcia and T. Hardee Bass of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ("RJR") appeals the final judgment entered in favor of Gwendolyn Odom as Representative of the estate of her deceased mother, Juanita Thurston ("Plaintiff"). RJR argues for reversal on multiple grounds. First, it argues that the court erred in denying its motion to remit the jury's compensatory damages...

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