NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D17-797 ) JAMES C. MC CABE, as Personal ) Representative for the Estate of ) DOROTHY J. MC CABE, deceased, ) et al., ) ) Appellee. ) ___________________________________) Opinion filed May 18, 2018.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Ronald Ficarrotta, Judge.

Charles R. A. Morse of Jones Day, New York; Troy A. Fuhrman and Marie Attaway Borland of Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa; and Jason T. Burnette of Jones Day, Atlanta, for Appellant.

George A. Vaka and Richard N. Asfar of Vaka Law Group, P.L., Tampa; Hendrik Uiterwyk, Anna Frederiksen-Cherry, Paul E.

Berg, and Andrew Bennett of Abrahamson & Uiterwyk, Tampa; Gary Paige of Gordon & Doner, P.A., Davie; and Michael J.

Trentalange of Trentalange & Kelley, P.A., Tampa, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

KELLY, KHOUZAM, and BADALAMENTI, JJ., Concur.

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