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SOFFER v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO.

No. SC13-139.

187 So.3d 1219 (2016)

Lucille Ruth SOFFER, etc., Petitioner, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

March 17, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Stewart Mills and Courtney Rebecca Brewer of The Mills Firm, P.A., Tallahassee, FL; Rodney Warren Smith , Mark Alexander Avera , and Dawn Marie Vallejos-Nichols of Avera & Smith, LLP, Gainesville, FL; and James William Gustafson, Jr. of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Gregory George Katsas of Jones Day, Washington, District of Columbia; Robert Bruce Parrish and Charles M. Trippe, Jr. of Moseley, Prichard, Parrish, Knight & Jones, Jacksonville, FL, for Respondent.

The issue framed by the certified question in this case is whether individual members of the Engle class are entitled to seek punitive damages under theories of negligence or strict liability in their individual lawsuits following this Court's decertification of the class action in Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc.,

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