Logan, Logan v. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledJuly 8, 2026
Docket2D2024-2135
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
KENT and LANCE LOGAN, on behalf of the Estate of A. Scott Logan,
deceased, and as cotrustees for the Kent and Lance Logan Irrevocable
Trusts,
Appellants,
v.
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, a Pennsylvania limited liability
partnership; ROBERT C. GUNTHER; JAYNE C. GUNTHER; and
HIGHPOINT TOWER TECHNOLOGY, INC., a Delaware corporation,
Appellees.
No. 2D2024-2135
July 8, 2026
BY ORDER OF THE COURT:
Upon consideration of Appellants' Motion for Rehearing,
Certification of Question, and for Written Opinion filed on February 11,
2026,
IT IS ORDERED that the motion for written opinion is granted to
the extent that the opinion dated January 14, 2026, is withdrawn and
the attached opinion is substituted therefor. Appellants' motion for
rehearing and certification is denied. Appellee's response is noted.
I HEREBY CERTIFY THE FOREGOING IS A
TRUE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL COURT ORDER.
MARY ELIZABETH KUENZEL, CLERK
DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
KENT and LANCE LOGAN, on behalf of the Estate of A. Scott Logan,
deceased, and as cotrustees for the Kent and Lance Logan Irrevocable
Trusts,
Appellants,
v.
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP, a Pennsylvania limited liability
partnership; ROBERT C. GUNTHER; JAYNE C. GUNTHER; and
HIGHPOINT TOWER TECHNOLOGY, INC., a Delaware corporation,
Appellees.
No. 2D2024-2135
July 8, 2026
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Darren D.
Farfante, Judge.
Scott C. Ilgenfritz of Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns, LLP,
Tampa; Scott F. Hessell of Sperling Kenny Nachwalter LLC, Chicago,
Illinois; and Adam P. Merrill of Watershed Law LLC, Chicago, Illinois, for
Appellants.
Joshua C. Webb, Fred C. ("Kip") Marshall, II, and Dennis P. Waggoner of
Hill Ward Henderson, Tampa; and James P. Fogelman, Nancy E. Hart,
Shannon E. Mader, and Meredith K. Spoto, of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Appellee Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP,
a Pennsylvania limited liability partnership.
No appearance for remaining Appellees.
VILLANTI, Judge.
Kent and Lance Logan, on behalf of the Estate of A. Scott Logan,
deceased, and as cotrustees for the Kent and Lance Logan Irrevocable
Trusts (collectively, Logan), appeal the final judgment entered in favor of
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP. This opinion issues contemporaneously
with the opinion in Gunther v. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, case
number 2D2024-2142. While the plaintiffs in these cases are different,
Logan's claims against Morgan Lewis for aiding and abetting fraud and
breach of fiduciary duty and for civil conspiracy to commit fraud and
breach of fiduciary duty are likewise barred by the statute of limitations
for the same reasons. Logan similarly conceded, following the decision in
Jade Trading, LLC v. United States, 80 Fed. Cl. 11 (2007), aff'd in part,
vacated in part, rev'd in part sub nom. Jade Trading, LLC ex rel. Ervin v.
United States, 598 F.3d 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2010), that his partnership
(Tigers Eye Trading, LLC) was a sham. Further, he admitted that by
2009 he had elected to "accept the [Jade Trading] ruling on the tax
merits" and to "pay every penny of those taxes," leaving for determination
just penalties and penalty interest. But he didn't file his claims against
Morgan Lewis until 2017. We don't see how the finality accrual rule in
Kipnis v. Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank, AG, 202 So. 3d 859 (Fla.
2016), applies on this summary judgment record, and so we affirm.
Affirmed.
MORRIS and ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, JJ., Concur.
Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.
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