R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
v.
GWENDOLYN ODOM, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE ETC.,

Fla. 4th DCA | 2018-11-07
No. 14-3867
Damoorgian, J., May, J., Ciklin, J., McCarthy, J.
257 So. 3d 507 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2018) Positive Treatment
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Holding

The court affirmed the trial court's judgment and remanded for reinstatement of the final judgment in accordance with the Florida Supreme Court's mandate.


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Opinion of the Court
Damoorgian

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FOURTH DISTRICT

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant,

v.

GWENDOLYN E. ODOM, Personal Representative of the ESTATE OF JUANITA THURSTON, Appellee.

No. 4D14-3867

[November 7, 2018]

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA

Appeal and cross-appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Timothy McCarthy, Judge; L.T. Case No. 502008CA038863XXXXMBAJ.

Jeffrey S. Bucholtz, Val Leppert, William L. Durham II, Philip R. Green and Jeffrey L. Furr of King & Spalding LLP, Washington, DC, Atlanta, GA, and Charlotte, NC, for appellant.

David J. Sales of David J. Sales, P.A., Jupiter, and Rosalyn Sia Baker- Barnes, Mariano Garcia and T. Hardee Bass of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

DAMOORGIAN, J.

This matter is before us on remand from the Supreme Court of Florida following its decision in Odom v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. SC17-563, 2018 WL 4496563 (Fla. Sept. 20, 2018), quashing our decision in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Odom, 210 So. 3d 696 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016). In accordance with the supreme court’s mandate, we affirm and remand for reinstatement of the final judgment.

Affirmed and remanded with instructions.

MAY and CIKLIN, JJ., concur.

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