Title: Philip Morris USA, Inc., et al. v. Kevin Duignan, etc.
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: SC22-330
State: Florida
Issuer: Florida Supreme Court
Date: November 23, 2022

Supreme Court of Florida 
 
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2022 
 
CASE NO.: SC22-330 
Lower Tribunal No(s).: 
2D20-2714; 522013CA010978XXCICI 
 
PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC., ET 
AL. 
vs. 
KEVIN DUIGNAN, 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, the Court has determined 
that it should exercise jurisdiction in this case.  It is ordered that 
the Petition for Review is granted, the Second District Court of 
Appeal’s decision in this case is quashed, and this matter is 
remanded to the district court for reconsideration upon application 
of our decision in Prentice v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 338 So. 3d 
831 (Fla. 2022). 
No motion for rehearing will be entertained by the Court. 
 
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 
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holding in Prentice v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., 338 So. 3d 831 (Fla. 
2022). 
 
In this case, I recognize, as does the respondent, 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: 
 
RAZVAN AXENTE 
 
 
 
STEPHANIE E. PARKER 
JASON T. BURNETTE 
 
 
JAMES W. GUSTAFSON JR. 
GEOFFREY J. MICHAEL  
 
BRIEN V. SQUIRES 
CHARLES R. A. MORSE  
 
DANIEL R. HOFFMAN 
KENNETH M. GROSE 
 
 
PAUL R. REICHERT 
JOHN M. WALKER  
 
 
DANIEL F. MOLONY 
KEVIN D. BOYCE 
 
 
 
TROY A. FUHRMAN 
GARY M. PAIGE 
 
 
 
LAURIE J. BRIGGS 
THERON HARDEE BASS, III 
 
DAVID J. SALES 
MARK R. SEIDEN 
 
 
 
HON. KEN BURKE, CLERK 
CASSANDRA A. CASTELLANO-LOMBARD 
HON. MARY BETH KUENZEL, CLERK 
HON. THOMAS MARK RAMSBERGER, JUDGE