R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Cantley

Pursuant to Rule 5, Ala.R.App.P., we granted the defendants, Lorillard Tobacco Company, Inc. ("Lorillard"), and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company ("Reynolds"), permission to appeal the trial court's interlocutory order granting a Rule 60, Ala.R.Civ.P., motion to set aside a summary judgment that it had entered against the plaintiff, Mikki Cantley, in her capacity as administratrix of the estate of her father, Harlon Godfrey. We reverse and remand.

This is the second time these parties have been before this Court. See Cantley v. Lorillard Tobacco Co., 681 So.2d 1057 (Ala. 1996), for a full…