Case Title: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Jacqueline P. Burgess, etc.

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC20-366

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2022-11-23T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida 
 
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2022 
 
CASE NO.: SC20-366 
Lower Tribunal No(s).: 
4D18-3014; 562009CA006060AXXXHC 
 
R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO 
COMPANY 
vs. 
JACQUELINE P. BURGESS, 
ETC. 
 
Petitioner(s) 
 
Respondent(s) 
 
Upon review of the response to this Court’s order to show 
cause dated May 18, 2022, and the reply, it is ordered that the 
petition for review is hereby dismissed. 
 
MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, POLSTON, COURIEL, and 
GROSSHANS, JJ., concur. 
LABARGA, J., concurs in result with an opinion. 
FRANCIS, J., did not participate. 
 
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION 
AND, IF FILED, DETERMINED. 
 
LABARGA, J., concurring in result. 
 
Given the parties’ resolution of this case and their mutual 
request to dismiss this matter, I concur with this Court’s order 
dismissing this case. 
 
Nonetheless, I reaffirm my dissent to this Court’s holding in 
Prentice v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 338 So. 3d 831 (Fla. 2022), 
because I strongly believe that proof of fraudulent concealment in an 
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Engle-progeny case does not require proof of reliance on a specific 
statement by an Engle defendant. 
A True Copy 
Test: 
 
 
 
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Served: 
 
JASON T. BURNETTE 
GARY M. PAIGE 
CHARLES R. A. MORSE 
DAVID J. SALES 
TROY A. FUHRMAN 
RANDY ROSENBLUM 
CASSANDRA A. CASTELLANO-LOMBARD 
MARIE A. BORLAND 
JAMES W. GUSTAFSON JR. 
JOHN P. WIEDERHOLD 
HON. LONN WEISSBLUM, CLERK 
HON. MICHELLE MILLER, CLERK 
JACQUELINE M. PASEK 
HON. LAWRENCE STEVEN SCHACK, JUDGE 
KEVIN D. BOYCE 
THERON HARDEE BASS, III