Opinion
No. 1D11–3724.
2013-01-2
Lucille Ruth SOFFER, as personal representative of the Estate of Maurice Benson SOFFER, Appellant, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Appellee.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Alachua County, Robert E. Roundtree, Jr., Judge. John S. Mills, The Mills Firm, Tallahassee, Mark A. Avera, Rod Smith, Dawn M. Vallejos–Nichols, Avera & Smith, Gainesville, and James W. Gustafson, Jr., Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Robert B. Parrish, Moseley, Pritchard, Parrish, Knight & Jones, Jacksonville, and Gregory G. Katsas, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Alachua County, Robert E. Roundtree, Jr., Judge.
John S. Mills, The Mills Firm, Tallahassee, Mark A. Avera, Rod Smith, Dawn M. Vallejos–Nichols, Avera & Smith, Gainesville, and James W. Gustafson, Jr., Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Robert B. Parrish, Moseley, Pritchard, Parrish, Knight & Jones, Jacksonville, and Gregory G. Katsas, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.
Prior Report: 106 So.3d 456.
ON APPELLANT/CROSS–APPELLEE'S MOTION FOR REHEARING OR REHEARING EN BANC AND APPELLEE/CROSS–APPELLANT'S MOTION FOR CERTIFICATION OR REHEARING
PER CURIAM.
In our original opinion, we affirmed the cross-appeal without comment. We grant rehearing to clarify that we affirm R.J. Reynolds's third issue on appeal—namely, whether the trial court's application of factual findings established in Engle violated R.J. Reynolds's due process rights—on the authority of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Martin, 53 So.3d 1060 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010), review denied,67 So.3d 1050 (2011), cert. denied,––– U.S. ––––, 132 S.Ct. 1794, 182 L.Ed.2d 617 (2012), and Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Douglas, 83 So.3d 1002 (Fla. 2d DCA 2012), review granted, No. SC12–617 (2012). We otherwise deny rehearing, rehearing en banc, and certification.