BLUNDELL v. R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. 1D20-232.

324 So.3d 1014 (2021)

Teresa Starr BLUNDELL, Appellant, v. R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Angelo M. Patacca, Jr. and Wayne Hogan of Terrell Hogan Yegelwel, P.A., Jacksonville; John S. Mills , Courtney Brewer , and Jonathan Martin of The Mills Firm, P.A., Tallahassee; James W. Gustafson, Jr. of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, for Appellant.

William L. Durham II and Chad A. Peterson of King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, Georgia; Stephanie E. Parker and John F. Yarber of Jones Day, Atlanta, Georgia; Robert B. Parrish , J.W. Prichard, Jr. , and David C. Reeves of Mosely, Prichard, Parrish, Knight & Jones, Jacksonville; Troy A. Fuhrman of Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa, for Appellee.


Teresa Starr Blundell seeks a new punitive damages trial on grounds that the trial court abused its discretion by allowing R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. to introduce as mitigation evidence the amounts paid to states under two tobacco-litigation settlement agreements. We affirm because the terms of these settlements, including the multi...

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