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. 2D18-569 ) RHONDA BOGATITUS and ) SAMANTHA BRUSIC, as copersonal ) representatives of the Estate of ) CAROLYN MALONEY, ) ) Appellees. ) ) Opinion filed September 4, 2019.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Lee County; Elizabeth V. Krier, Judge.

Marie A. Borland and Troy A. Fuhrman of Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa; Charles R.A.

Morse of Jones Day, New York, New York; and Jason T. Burnette of Jones Day, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellant.

David J. Sales of David J. Sales, P.A., Sarasota; Courtney Brewer and John S.

Mills of The Mills Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, for Appellees.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

KELLY, LAROSE, and ATKINSON, JJ., Concur.

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