R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. ALONSO

No. 4D18-2444.

268 So.3d 151 (2019)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Philip Morris USA Inc. and Liggett Group LLC and Vector Group Ltd., Petitioners, v. Saundra ALONSO, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Francis Alonso, Delores Balaban, Donald Champion, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Gayle Kella, Mark Cohn and Mildred Cohn, Timothy Kelley and Cynthia Kelley, Bernard Kranis and Claire Kranis, Leah Nerenberg, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jack Nerenberg, Omar Ramadan, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Farouk Ramadan, John Reiner, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Delores Reiner, Perry Silver, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jeanette Blinder, Stanley Ray Tinnell, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Elthe M. Tinnell, Peter M. Tuttman, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jerome A. Tuttman, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 6, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Val Leppert and William L. Durham II , of King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, and Jeffrey L. Furr of King & Spalding LLP, Charlotte, North Carolina, for petitioner R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Stacey E. Deere and Timothy E. Congrove of Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, Missouri, for petitioner Philip Morris USA Inc.

Kelly Anne Luther , Maria H. Ruiz and Giselle Manseur of Kasowitz Benson Torres LLP, Miami, for petitioners Liggett Group LLC and Vector Group LTD.

Jonathan Martin , John S. Mills and Courtney Brewer of The Mills Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, for respondents Timothy Kelley, Perry Silver and Leah Nerenberg.

Juan P. Bauta, II , and James L. Ferraro of The Ferraro Law Firm, P.A., Miami, for respondent Dolores Balaban.


R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and other defendants below (collectively, "Petitioner") seek to disqualify the trial judge below in twelve cases, after the trial judge disclosed an ex parte communication with a plaintiff's counsel in another tobacco litigation case about an issue that is a hot button issue in tobacco litigation cases. Based...

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