R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY AND PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. vs FAYE THEIS, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD FREDERICK THEIS, JR.

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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, and PHILIP MORRIS USA INC., ) ) ) Appellants, ) v. ) ) FAYE THEIS, as personal representative of ) the Estate of Edward Frederick Theis, Jr., ) ) Appellee. ) ) Opinion filed December 27, 2019. Appeal from the Circuit Court for Sarasota County; Frederick P. Mercurio, Judge. Geoffrey J. Michael of Arnold & Porter Kaye, Scholer, LLP, Washington D.C.; and Scott A. Chesin of Mayer Brown, LLP, New York, NY, for Appellant, Philip Morris USA, Inc. Charles R.A. Morse of Jones Day, New York, NY, for Appellant, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Daniel R. Hoffman and David J. Sales of David J. Sales, P.A., Sarasota; and Gary Paige of Gordon & Partners, P.A., Davie; and T. Hardee Bass, III of Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart, & Shipley, P.A, West Palm Beach, for Appellee. Case No. 2D18-3348 PER CURIAM. Affirmed. KELLY, LaROSE, and LUCAS, JJ., Concur. -2-

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