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 ) COMPANY, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2D17-1702 ) BARBARA JEAN JOHNSTON, ) Personal Representative of the Estate ) of FRANKLIN JAMES JOHNSTON, ) ) Appellee. ) ) Opinion filed September 28, 2018.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Sarasota County; Diana L. Moreland, Judge.

Troy A. Fuhrman and Marie A. Borland of Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa; and Charles R.A. Morse of Jones Day, New York, NY, for Appellant.

David J. Sales and Daniel R. Hoffman of David J. Sales, P.A., Jupiter; and Gary Paige of Gordon & Donor, P.A., Davie, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

SLEET, LUCAS, and BADALAMENTI, JJ., Concur.