R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
v.
ROBERT MILLER, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ALFRED WAYNE REDBURN

Fla. 1st DCA | 2021-08-31
No. 20-0467
Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2021) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
M.K. Thomas

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See also Prentice v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., SC20-291, 2020 WL 4590156 (Fla. Aug. 11, 2020) (applicable to the cross-appeal issue).

LEWIS, OSTERHAUS, and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., concur. _____________________________

Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________

Marie A. Borland and Troy A. Fuhrman of Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa; Jason T. Burnette, Emily Baker, and Simon P. Hansen of Jones Day, Atlanta, Georgia; Jacqueline Pasek and Kevin P. Riddles of Jones Day, Cleveland, Ohio; Paul Reichert of Jones Day, Washington D.C.; David C. Reeves of Moseley, Prichard, Parris, Jacksonville, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Angelo M. Patacca, Jr. and Wayne Hogan of Terrell Hogan Yegelwel, P.A., Jacksonville; John S. Mills, Courtney Brewer, Jonathan Martin, and Bailey Howard of Bishop & Mills, PLLC, Tallahassee; Norwood Wilner, Richard Lantinberg, and A. Jay Plotkin of The Wilner Law Firm, Jacksonville, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

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