R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. STATE

No. 4D18-2616, No. 4D18-2715.

301 So.3d 269 (2020)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida and Philip Morris USA Inc., Appellees. Philip Morris USA Inc., Appellant, v. ITG Brands, LLC, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 29, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot H. Scherker , Brigid F. Cech Samole , and Stephanie L. Varela of Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Miami, for appellant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Paul Vizcarrondo and Ben M. Germana of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, New York, and David P. Ackerman and E. Raul Novoa Jr. of Akerman LLP, West Palm Beach, for appellee Philip Morris USA Inc.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Amit Agarwal , Solicitor General, Edward M. Wenger , Chief Deputy Solicitor General, and Russell Kent , Special Counsel for Litigation, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee; and Scott B. Cosgrove and Jeremy L. Kahn of León Cosgrove, LLP, Coral Gables, for appellee State of Florida.

Elizabeth B. McCallum and Robert J. Brookhiser Jr. of Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Washington, D.C., and James V. Etscorn and Robert W. Thielhelm Jr. of Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Orlando, for appellee ITG Brands, LLC.


This is a tale of two contracts. One contract, the Florida Settlement Agreement ("FSA") entered in 1997, in which appellant Reynolds agreed to make large payments to the State of Florida in perpetuity, based on the future sales of its brands of cigarettes in order to settle all claims of liability...

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