Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2014

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Sikes

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Sikes
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided July 9, 2014 · Marstiller, Nortwick, Osterhaus
141 So. 3d 262; 2014 WL 3295021; 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 10551 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Sikes

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company appeals the final judgment for plaintiff Janice L. Sikes, the personal representative of the estate of Jimmie Wayne Sikes. We affirm on all issues. But following R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Hiott, 129 So.3d 473 (Fla. 1st DCA 2014), we certify conflict with the Fourth District’s decision in Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Hess, 95 So.3d 254 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012), rev. denied, 117 So.3d 412 (Fla. 2013), on the issue of whether the trial court reversibly erred by denying Reynolds’ requested jury instruction on the statute of repose, section 95.031(2), Florida Statutes.

AFFIRMED; CONFLICT CERTIFIED.

VAN NORTWICK, MARSTILLER, and OSTERHAUS, JJ., concur.

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