Case Name: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. Jan GROSSMAN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Laura Grossman, deceased, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2012-07-18
Citations: 96 So. 3d 948
Docket Number: No. 4D11-916
Parties: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. Jan GROSSMAN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Laura Grossman, deceased, Appellee.
Judges: STEVENSON, HAZOURI and GERBER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 96
Pages: 948–949

Head Matter:
R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. Jan GROSSMAN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Laura Grossman, deceased, Appellee.
No. 4D11-916.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
July 18, 2012.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 28, 2012.
Gordon James III and Eric L. Lundt of Sedgwick LLP, Fort Lauderdale and Gregory G. Katsas of Jones Day, Washington, DC, for appellant.
Steven J. Hammer and Jonathan Gdan-ski of Schlesinger Law Offices, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, and Bard D. Rockenbach of Burlington & Rockenbach, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company challenges the order awarding prevailing party costs to Jan Grossman, personal representative of the deceased. The underlying judgment has been reversed and remanded for a new trial on Phase II issues. See R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Grossman, 96 So.3d 917, 2012 WL 2400887 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012). Accordingly, the costs judgment based on that judgment must be reversed as well. See Mulato v. Mulato, 734 So.2d 477, 478 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999) (citation omitted).
Reversed.
STEVENSON, HAZOURI and GERBER, JJ., concur.