R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. MAHFUZ

No. 4D19-2236.

324 So.3d 495 (2021)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY and Philip Morris USA, Inc., Appellants, v. Richard MAHFUZ, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 30, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Val Leppert and William L. Durham II , of King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for appellant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Geoffrey J. Michael of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, D.C., and Jennifer M. Voss of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Tampa, for appellant Philip Morris USA Inc.

Shea T. Moxon and Celene H. Humphries of Brannock Humphries & Berman, Tampa, and Scott Schlesinger , Steven Hammer , Jonathan R. Gdanski and Brittany C. Barron of Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellee.


R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Philip Morris USA, Inc. appeal the circuit court's final judgment for Richard Mahfuz, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rita Mahfuz. Mahfuz filed a conditional cross-appeal. We address one of the issues raised by the parties. We agree with the Tobacco Companies that statements Mahfuz's counsel made...

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