ACEVEDO v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 3D19-998.

318 So.3d 593 (2021)

Eduardo Fernandes ACEVEDO, Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Opinion filed February 10, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Parafinczuk Wolf Susen, P.A., and Justin R. Parafinczuk and Austin Carr , (Fort Lauderdale); Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., and Bard D. Rockenbach and Jeffrey V. Mansell , (West Palm Beach), for appellant.

King & Spalding LLP, and Scott Michael Edson , (Washington, DC) and William L. Durham, II , (Atlanta, GA), for appellee R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Before EMAS, C.J., and LOGUE and MILLER, JJ.


Eduardo Fernandes Acevedo appeals the trial court's order granting summary judgment in favor of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company on Acevedo's strict liability and negligence claims. Acevedo contends that R.J. Reynolds failed to meet its burden under Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510,1 and further contends that...

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