Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2019

R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY v. ROSEMARIE C. GRAFFEO INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY v. ROSEMARIE C. GRAFFEO INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided December 6, 2019

R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY v. ROSEMARIE C. GRAFFEO INDIVIDUALLY AND AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

Opinion

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. 2D18-4007 ) ROSEMARIE C. GRAFFEO, ) individually and as Personal ) Representative of the Estate of ) FRANK GRAFFEO; PHILIP ) MORRIS USA INC., and ) LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, ) ) Appellees. ) ) Opinion filed December 6, 2019.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pasco County; Declan P. Mansfield, Judge.

Marie Attaway Borland and Troy A.

Fuhrman of Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa; and Charles R.A. Morse of Jones Day, New York, New York for Appellant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Maegen P. Luka and Celene H.

Humphries of Brannock & Humphries, Tampa; Eric D. Roslansky of The Ruth Law Team, St. Petersburg; Brent R. Bigger and Shane A. Newlands of Paul Knopf Bigger, PLLC, Tampa, for Appellee Rosemarie C. Graffeo.

No appearance for remaining Appellees.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

VILLANTI, SALARIO, and ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, JJ., Concur.

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