Case Name: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. Vernell SMITH, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Emmon Smith, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2013-11-20
Citations: 131 So. 3d 18
Docket Number: No. 1D12-2778
Parties: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. Vernell SMITH, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Emmon Smith, Appellee.
Judges: CLARK, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 131
Pages: 18–21

Head Matter:
R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Appellant, v. Vernell SMITH, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Emmon Smith, Appellee.
No. 1D12-2778.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Nov. 20, 2013.
Rehearing Denied Feb. 6, 2014.
Larry Hill and Charles F. Beall, Jr. of Moore, Hill & Westmoreland, Pensacola, Stephanie E. Parker and John M. Walker of Jones Day, Atlanta, Georgia, and Donald B. Ayer and Gregory G. Katsas of Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.
John G. Crabtree, George R. Baise, Jr., and Donald P. Fitzgerald III of Crabtree & Associates, Key Biseayne, J.B. Harris of J.B. Harris, P.A., Coral Gables, Stuart N. Ratzan and Scott Vezina of Ratzan Law Group, Miami, Richard Diaz, Coral Gables, and Robert D. Trammell, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Townsend, 90 So.3d 307 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012).
CLARK, J., concurs.
WETHERELL, J., specially concurring.