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R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY v. DAVIS

No. 3D16-1994.

245 So.3d 929 (2018)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. Patsy Elaine DAVIS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Booker Terry Davis, deceased, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed April 25, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones Day, Donald B. Ayer (Washington, DC), and Charles R.A. Morse (New York, NY); Carlton Fields Jorden Burt, P.A., Benjamine Reid , and Jeffrey A. Cohen , for appellant.

Freidin Brown and Philip Freidin ; The Mills Firm, P.A., John S. Mills and Courtney Brewer (Tallahassee); The Alvarez Law Firm and Alex Alvarez ; David J. Sales (Jupiter), for appellee.

Before EMAS, FERNANDEZ, and LUCK, JJ.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company appeals the trial court's decision to grant a new trial in the underlying wrongful death tobacco case. We find the trial court abused its discretion in ordering a new trial. We thus reverse the trial court's order and remand the case for entry of judgment for R.J. Reynolds in accordance with the jury's...

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