R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Mack

Appellant, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, challenges a final judgment awarding Appellee, Peter Mack, Jr., as personal representative of the estate of his father Peter Mack Sr., $510,000 in damages following a jury verdict in Appellee’s favor. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in excluding its alternative causation evidence, in allowing Appellee to show the jury a “day in the life” video of his father (“the decedent”), and in allowing Appellee to use the findings as set forth in Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc., 945 So.2d 1246 (Fla.2006), to establish elements of his claims. We find no…