Title: Robert Miller, etc. v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company

State: florida

Issuer: Florida Supreme Court

Document:

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2022 
 
CASE NO.: SC21-1596 
Lower Tribunal No(s).: 
1D20-467; 162008CA000401LXXXMA 
 
ROBERT MILLER, ETC. 
vs. 
R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO 
COMPANY 
 
Petitioner(s) 
 
Respondent(s) 
 
Upon review of the response to this Court’s order to show 
cause dated May 18, 2022, and the reply, the Court has determined 
that it should decline to accept jurisdiction in this case.  See Prentice 
v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 338 So. 3d 831 (Fla. 2022).  The 
petition for discretionary review is, therefore, denied. 
No motion for rehearing will be entertained by the Court.  See 
Fla. R. App. P. 9.330(d)(2). 
 
MUÑIZ, C.J., and CANADY, POLSTON, COURIEL, and 
GROSSHANS, JJ., concur. 
LABARGA, J., concurs in result only with an opinion. 
FRANCIS, J., did not participate. 
 
LABARGA, J., concurring in result only. 
 
Because I strongly believe that proof of fraudulent concealment 
in an Engle-progeny case does not require proof of reliance on a 
specific statement by an Engle defendant, I dissented to this Court’s 
holding in Prentice v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 338 So. 3d 831 (Fla. 
2022). 
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In this case, I recognize, as does the petitioner, that this 
Court’s holding in Prentice is controlling.  However, I reaffirm my 
dissent in Prentice, and I concur in result only to the extent that 
Prentice requires this result. 
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Served: 
 
TROY A. FUHRMAN  
 
 
JASON T. BURNETTE 
KEVIN P. RIDDLES  
 
 
DAVID C. REEVES 
ANGELO M. PATACCA 
 
 
COURTNEY BREWER 
SIMON HANSEN 
 
 
 
JOHN W. HOGAN 
JACQUELINE M. PASEK  
 
JONATHAN A. MARTIN 
BAILEY HOWARD 
 
 
 
EMILY C. BAKER 
MARIE A. BORLAND  
 
 
PAUL R. REICHERT 
JOHN S. MILLS 
 
 
 
 
RICHARD J. LANTINBERG 
A. JAY PLOTKIN 
 
 
 
NORWOOD SHERMAN WILNER 
HON. KRISTINA SAMUELS, CLERK 
HON. KATIE L. DEARING, JUDGE 
HON. JODY PHILLIPS, CLERK