R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. FROST

Case No. 5D20-1977.

327 So.3d 433 (2021)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. Tammy L. FROST, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Billy Arant, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Opinion filed September 10, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marie A. Borland , and Troy A. Fuhrman , of Hill, Ward & Henderson, Tampa, and Brian C. Lea , and Stephanie Parker , of Jones Day, Atlanta, GA, for Appellant.

Shea T. Moxon , of Brannock Humphries & Berman, Tampa, and Rod Smith , and Dawn Vallejos-Nichols , of Avera & Smith, LLP, Gainesville, for Appellees.


Appellant, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, appeals the trial court's order transferring this Engle1-progeny case from Putnam County to Alachua County. Appellant argues that because the decedent first suffered injury in Putnam County, the case could not have initially been brought in Alachua...

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