R.J. Reynolds Defends Dismissal Of Florida Wrongful Death Claims

(May 14, 2018, 3:08 PM EDT) -- LAKELAND, Fla. — In a May 7 answer brief, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. tells the Second District Florida Court of Appeal that a Pinellas County trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying a motion to vacate an earlier dismissal for lack of prosecution because a plaintiff disregarded procedures to avoid dismissal during a “standstill agreement” in the underlying wrongful death case (Estella Purdue v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 2D18-0333, Fla. App., 2nd Dist.)....

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