R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. Jewett

I respectfully dissent. The majority holds that the trial court abused its discretion in declining to give Tobacco’s two paragraphs of special instructions in addition to Standard Jury Instruction 402.14(a) on Tobacco’s statute of limitations defense. I disagree. During the charge conference, the trial court, with the agreement of counsel, agreed to give Florida Standard Jury Instructions in Civil Cases section 402.14(a) Statute of limitations (2010), on Tobacco’s statute of limitations affirmative defense. However, Tobacco requested the following additional special jury instructions on its…