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R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. v. HARRIS

No. 1D19-1641.

346 So.3d 643 (2022)

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. Margaret HARRIS, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Richard Harris, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

July 6, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason T. Burnette , Jones Day, Atlanta, GA; Charles F. Beall, Jr. , and Larry Hill , Moore, Hill & Westmoreland, P.A., Pensacola, for Appellant.

Bard D. Rockenbach , Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach; Carlos Santisteban, Jr. , Carlos Santisteban, Jr., P.A., Miami; Richard J. Diaz , Richard J. Diaz, P.A., Coral Gables; Robert D. Trammell , Robert D. Trammell, P.A., Tallahassee; and Jonathan B. Harris , J.B. Harris, P.A., Coral Gable, for Appellee.

In this Engle1 progeny case, R.J. Reynolds challenges a final judgment awarding Margaret Harris, as personal representative of the Estate of Richard Harris (the Estate), six million dollars in punitive damages. R.J. Reynolds argues that the trial court erred by affirmatively instructing the jury it...

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