R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY and PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC. v. LINDA PURDO ENOCHS

In this Engle 1 progeny case, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Philip Morris USA, Inc. (“Defendants”) appeal the final judgment entered in favor of Linda Purdo Enochs as Representative of the estate of her deceased husband, Thomas Purdo (“Plaintiff’). Defendants argue that the trial court erred by: (1) failing to engage in the requisite genuineness analysis in granting Plaintiffs peremptory challenges to two prospective jurors; (2) misapplying the Melbourne analysis in granting Plaintiffs peremptory challenges as to two other prospective jurors; (3) allowing Plaintiff to misstate the law on…