Case Name: RJ REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Appellant(s), v. Howard A. ENGLE M.D., et al., Appellee(s)
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-09-03
Citations: 806 So. 2d 503
Docket Number: No. 94-02797
Parties: RJ REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Appellant(s), v. Howard A. ENGLE M.D., et al., Appellee(s).
Judges: LEVY, GODERICH and GREEN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 806
Pages: 503–503

Head Matter:
RJ REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Appellant(s), v. Howard A. ENGLE M.D., et al., Appellee(s).
No. 94-02797.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Sept. 3, 1999.

Opinion:
We grant the motion to enforce mandate and quash the trial court's orders, dated July 30, 1999, and August 2, 1999, permitting an aggregate trial on the amount of punitive damages prior to a determination of liability and compensatory damages.
In accordance with this Court's previously issued mandate in R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Engle, 672 So.2d 39, 41 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996), the issue of damages, both compensatory and punitive, must be tried on an individual basis.
LEVY, GODERICH and GREEN, JJ., concur.