LUCILLE RUTH SOFFER, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF MAURICE BENSON SOFFER, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, ET AL.
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA
LUCILLE RUTH SOFFER, as
personal representative of the
Estate of MAURICE BENSON
SOFFER,
CASE NO. 1D11-3724
Appellant,
v.
R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO
COMPANY, ET AL.,
Appellee.
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Opinion filed January 2, 2013.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Alachua County.
Hon. Robert E. Roundtree, Jr., Judge.
John S. Mills, The Mills Firm, Tallahassee, Mark A. Avera, Rod Smith, Dawn M.
Vallejos-Nichols, Avera & Smith, Gainesville, and James W. Gustafson, Jr.,
Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Robert B. Parrish, Moseley, Pritchard, Parrish, Knight & Jones, Jacksonville, and
Gregory G. Katsas, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
ON APPELLANT/CROSS-APPELLEE’S MOTION FOR REHEARING OR
REHEARING EN BANC AND APPELLEE/CROSS-APPELLANT’S
MOTION FOR CERTIFICATION OR REHEARING
In our original opinion, we affirmed the cross-appeal without comment. We
grant rehearing to clarify that we affirm R.J. Reynolds’s third issue on appeal—
namely, whether the trial court’s application of factual findings established in
Engle violated R.J. Reynolds’s due process rights—on the authority of R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Martin, 53 So. 3d 1060 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010), review
denied, 67 So. 3d 1050 (2011), cert. denied, 132 S. Ct. 1794 (2012), and Philip
Morris USA, Inc. v. Douglas, 83 So. 3d 1002 (Fla 2d DCA 2012), review granted,
No. SC12-617 (2012). We otherwise deny rehearing, rehearing en banc, and
certification.
DAVIS, LEWIS, and MAKAR, JJ., CONCUR.
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