ZAMBONI v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY

No. 3:09-cv-11957 (SAS).

MERLE ZAMBONI, as personal representative of the ESTATE OF ROBERT HOOVER, Plaintiff, v. R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Florida, Jacksonville Division.

January 14, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charlie E. Farah, Jr., Esq. , Farah & Farah, PA, Jacksonville, FL, Lance V. Oliver, Esq. , Donald A. Migliori, Esq. , Elizabeth C. Ward, Esq. , Frederick C. Baker, Esq. , James W. Ledlie, Esq. , Joseph F. Rice, Esq. , Lisa M. Saltzburg, Esq. , Mathew Jasinski, Esq. , Michael J. Pendell, Esq. , Nathan D. Finch, Esq. , Patrick G. Maiden, Esq. , Rebecca M. Deupree, Esq. , Robert T. Haefele, Esq. , Sara C. Bryant, Esq. , Elizabeth S. Smith, Esq. , Motley Rice, LLC, Mount Pleasant, SC, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Esq. , Kevin R. Budner, Esq. , Richard M. Heimann, Esq. , Robert J. Nelson, Esq. , Sarah R. London, Esq. , Kenneth S. Byrd, Esq. , Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Norwood S. Wilner, Esq. , Stephanie J. Hartley, Esq. , The Wilner Firm, PA, Jacksonville, FL, for Plaintiff.

David M. Monde, Esq. , Edward M. Carter, Esq. , John F. Yarber, Esq. , Jose A. Isasi, Esq. , Stephanie E. Parker, Esq. , Atlanta, GA, David C. Reeves, Esq. , Joseph W. Prichard, Jr., Esq. , Robert B. Parrish, Esq. , Moseley, Prichard, Parrish, Knight & Jones, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendant R.J. Reynolds.

James B. Murphy, Jr., Esq. , Terri L. Parker, Esq. , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, Tampa, FL, Dana G. Bradford, Esq. , Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Jacksonville, FL, Joshua R. Brown, Esq. , Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Orlando, FL, for Defendants R. J. Reynolds and Philip Morris.

Judith Bernstein-Gaeta, Esq. , Keri L. Arnold, Esq. , Thomas W. Stoever, Jr., Esq. , M. Sean Laane, Esq. , Maura McGonigle, Esq. , Arnold & Porter, LLP, Washington, DC, Luis E. Suarez, Esq. , Mark J. Heise, Esq. , Devin Freedman, Esq. , Steven W. Davis, Esq. , Boies, Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Miami, FL, for Defendant Philip Morris.

Aviva L. Wemic, Esq. , Rafael Cruz-Alvarez, Esq. , Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, LLP, Miami, FL, John Andrew De Vault III, Esq. , Patrick P. Coll, Esq. , Bedell, Dittmar, De Vault, Pillans & Coxe, PA, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendant Lorillard Tobacco.


OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

In advance of trial on individual liability, plaintiff— Merle Zamboni, spouse of decedent Robert Hoover and personal representative of his estate — and defendants R.J. Reynolds, Phillip Morris, and Lorillard Tobacco have filed various motions in limine. This Opinion resolves these motions.

I. BACKGROUND

This case arises out of R.J Reynolds...

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