R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. RYAN

No. 4D16-1845.

231 So.3d 484 (2017)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. Bettye RYAN, as personal representative of the Estate of Thomas Ryan, and Bettye Ryan, individually, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 13, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Durham II , Scott Michael Edson and Jeffrey S. Bucholtz of King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA, and Washington, DC, and Robert C. Weill of Sedgwick LLP, Miami, for appellant.

Maegen Peek Luka , Celene H. Humphries and Thomas J. Seider of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa, Alex Alvarez of The Alvarez Law Firm, Coral Gables, and Gary Paige of Gordon & Doner, P.A., Davie, for appellees.


In this Engle1 progeny case, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ("RJR") appeals the final judgment entered in favor of Thomas Ryan and his wife Bettye Ryan ("Plaintiffs") after the jury found RJR liable for Mr. Ryan's chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Both parties raise several issues on appeal...

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