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R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY v. WARD

No. 1D15-5765.

238 So.3d 408 (2018)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY and Liggett Group, LLC, Appellants, v. Erskin Donal WARD, as personal representative of the estate of Mattie Mae Ward, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

Rehearing Denied February 23, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Beall, Jr. of Moore, Hill & Westmoreland, P.A., Pensacola; Karen H. Curtis of Clarke Silverglate, P.A., Miami; and Kelly Anne Luther of Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, LLP, Miami, for Appellants.

James W. Gustafson, Jr. of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, Tallahassee; David J. Sales of David J. Sales, P.A., Jupiter; and Marjorie Gadarian Graham of Marjorie Gadarian Graham, P.A., Palm Beach Gardens, for Appellee.

Appellants argue that the trial court abused its discretion in awarding Appellee attorney's fees and costs of $981,116.23 pursuant to rule 1.380(c), Florida Rules of Civil Procedure. We agree and reverse.

After a trial on the merits of the case, Appellee sought attorney's fees and costs related to sixteen requests for admissions that...

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