Opinion
No. 1D14–2623.
02-02-2016
PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Appellants/Cross–Appellees, v. Gloria BOWDEN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of William Bowden, Jr., Appellee/Cross–Appellant.
Geoffrey J. Michael of Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC; Connor J. Sears and Megan M. Egli of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Kansas City, MN; Kenneth J. Reilly, Eileen Tilghman Moss, William P. Geraghty, and Rachel A. Canfield of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Miami; James B. Murphy, Megan E. Flatt, and Razvan Axante of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Tampa; and Dana G. Bradford, II, of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Jacksonville, for Appellee/Cross–Appellant Philip Morris USA Inc. Charles R.A. Morse of Jones Day, New York, NY; John F. Yarber and Edward M. Carter of Jones Day, Atlanta; Robert B. Parrish and David C. Reeves of Moseley, Prichard, Parrish, Knight & Jones, Jacksonville for Appellee/Cross–Appellant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. John S. Mills and Courtney Brewer of The Mills Firm, P.A., Tallahassee; David J. Sales of David J. Sales, P.A., Jupiter; Rodney W. Smith, Mark Avera, and Dawn M. Vallejos–Nichols of Avera Smith, LLP, Gainesville; and Eric L. Leach and Joshua A. Whitman of Milton, Leach, Whitman, D'Andrea & Eslinger, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellee/Cross–Appellant.
Geoffrey J. Michael of Arnold & Porter LLP, Washington, DC; Connor J. Sears and Megan M. Egli of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Kansas City, MN; Kenneth J. Reilly, Eileen Tilghman Moss, William P. Geraghty, and Rachel A. Canfield of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Miami; James B. Murphy, Megan E. Flatt, and Razvan Axante of Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Tampa; and Dana G. Bradford, II, of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Jacksonville, for Appellee/Cross–Appellant Philip Morris USA Inc.
Charles R.A. Morse of Jones Day, New York, NY; John F. Yarber and Edward M. Carter of Jones Day, Atlanta; Robert B. Parrish and David C. Reeves of Moseley, Prichard, Parrish, Knight & Jones, Jacksonville for Appellee/Cross–Appellant R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
John S. Mills and Courtney Brewer of The Mills Firm, P.A., Tallahassee; David J. Sales of David J. Sales, P.A., Jupiter; Rodney W. Smith, Mark Avera, and Dawn M. Vallejos–Nichols of Avera Smith, LLP, Gainesville; and Eric L. Leach and Joshua A. Whitman of Milton, Leach, Whitman, D'Andrea & Eslinger, P.A., Jacksonville, for Appellee/Cross–Appellant.
Opinion
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED.
ROBERTS, C.J., THOMAS and WINOKUR, JJ., concur.