Graham v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 13–14590.

Citation811 F.3d 434 (Mem)
Decision Date02 February 2016
Docket NumberNo. 13–14590.,13–14590.
Parties Earl E. GRAHAM, as PR of Faye Dale Graham, deceased, Plaintiff–Appellee, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, individually and as successor by merger to the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation and The American Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA, Inc., Defendants–Appellants, Lorillard Tobacco Company, et al., Defendants.
CourtUnited States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (11th Circuit)

811 F.3d 434 (Mem)

Earl E. GRAHAM, as PR of Faye Dale Graham, deceased, Plaintiff–Appellee,
v.
R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, individually and as successor by merger to the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation and The American Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA, Inc., Defendants–Appellants,

Lorillard Tobacco Company, et al., Defendants.

No. 13–14590.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Feb. 2, 2016.


Elizabeth Joan Cabraser, Kenneth S. Byrd, Jordan S. Elias, Richard M. Heimann, Kent L. Klaudt, Sarah Robin London, Robert J. Nelson, Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Samuel Issacharoff, New York University School of Law, New York, NY, Frederick C. Baker, Rebecca M. Deupree, Donald Alan Migliori, Lance V. Oliver, Motley Rice, LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC, Kathryn E. Barnett, Law Office of Morgan & Morgan, Nashville, TN, Janna M. Blasingame, Stephanie J. Hartley, Richard Lantinberg, Edward I. Warren, Norwood Wilner, The Wilner Firm, PA, Charles Easa Farah, Jr., Farah & Farah, PA, Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiff–Appelle.

Gregory G. Katsas, Hilary R. Mehrkam, Jones Day, Washington, DC, Stephanie Ethel Parker, David M. Monde, John M. Walker, John F. Yarber, Jones Day, Atlanta, GA, Keri Arnold, Arnold & Porter, LLP, New York, NY, Cecilia M. Bidwell, William Patrick Geraghty, James B. Murphy, Jr., Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Tampa, FL, Dana G. Bradford, II, Smith Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Jacksonville, FL, Andrew Brenner, Karen C. Dyer, Mark Jurgen Heise, Stephen N. Zack, Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Miami, FL, Joshua Reuben Brown, Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Orlando, FL, Paul D. Clement, Bancroft PLLC, Washington, DC, Bonnie C. Daboll, Cathy Ambersley Kamm, Terri Lynn Parker, Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Tampa, FL, Timothy James Fiorta, Jones Day, Cleveland, OH, Khalil Gharbieh, David E. Kouba, Arnold & Porter, LLP, Washington, DC, Stacey Koch Lieberman, Hughes Hubbard & Reed, LLP, Miami, FL, Charles Richard Allan Morse, Jones Day, New York, NY, Robert B. Parrish, J.W. Prichard, Jr., David C. Reeves, Jeffrey Alan Yarbrough, Moseley Prichard Parrish Knight & Jones, Jacksonville, FL, Kenneth J. Reilly, Shook Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Miami, FL, Stephanie Sowers Sankar, Connor Jay Sears, Shook Hardy &...

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