DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA SECOND DISTRICT

R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. JOHN LONG, as personal representative of the Estate of CAROLYN LONG, Appellee.

No. 2D22-2339

November 15, 2023 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Christopher C.

Nash, Judge.

Marie A. Borland and Troy A. Fuhrman of Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa; Brian C. Lea, Scott M. Edson of Jones Day, Atlanta, Georgia; and Charles R.A. Morse of Jones Day, New York, New York, for Appellant.

George A. Vaka of Vaka Law Group, P.L., Tampa and William L. Clark, Shane A. Newlands, Jeremiah Fues of Newlands and Clark, Lakewood Ranch, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

MORRIS, LUCAS, and SMITH, JJ., Concur.

Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.