Budnick v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.

Full title: Jason BUDNICK, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Leonard…

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Date published: Dec 5, 2012

101 So. 3d 938 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

Opinion

No. 4D10–4064.

2012-12-5

Jason BUDNICK, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Leonard Budnick, Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellee.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Jeffrey E. Streitfeld, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 07–36734 CV 19 and 08–80000 19. Bard D. Rockenbach of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Jonathan Gdanski and Scott Schlesinger of Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant. Gordon James III, Eric L. Lundt and Lenore C. Smith of Sedgwick LLP, Fort Lauderdale, and Gregory G. Katsas and Michael S. Fried of Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

POLEN

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; Jeffrey E. Streitfeld, Judge; L.T. Case Nos. 07–36734 CV 19 and 08–80000 19.
Bard D. Rockenbach of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, and Jonathan Gdanski and Scott Schlesinger of Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, for appellant. Gordon James III, Eric L. Lundt and Lenore C. Smith of Sedgwick LLP, Fort Lauderdale, and Gregory G. Katsas and Michael S. Fried of Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for appellee.
POLEN, J.

We affirm the final judgment because we find that the appellant's general objectionto bifurcation was not sufficient to preserve the perceived error that certain evidence should be allowed into evidence during Phase I of the proceedings. See Noel v. Broward Gen. Med. Ctr., 725 So.2d 438 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999); Corona v. State, 64 So.3d 1232 (Fla.2011); Steinhorst v. State, 412 So.2d 332 (Fla.1982); Rodriguez v. State, 609 So.2d 493 (Fla.1992).

Affirmed.

STEVENSON, J., and BONAVITA, AUGUST, Associate Judge, concur.