# Brown v. Lorillard Tobacco Co.

> District Court of Appeal of Florida · March 9, 2012 · 81 So. 3d 635

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/2550652

## Case

- **Full name:** Margaret BROWN, as Personal, Etc., Appellant, v. LORILLARD TOBACCO COMPANY, Et Al., Appellees
- **Court:** District Court of Appeal of Florida
- **Decided:** March 9, 2012
- **Citations:** 81 So. 3d 635; 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 3827; 2012 WL 751373
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Griffin, Torpy, Lawson
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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PER CURIAM.
Appellant challenges the summary judgment in favor of Lorillard Tobacco Company, Philip Morris USA, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Vector Group, Ltd., Inc., and Liggett Group, LLC (collectively “Appellees”) in this Engle
1
-progeny case. Appellant argues that: (1) summary judgment was premature; (2) summary judgment was improper because Appellees did not prove the absence of fact issues; and (3) summary judgment was improper as to the civil conspiracy count. We affirm the trial court’s summary judgment on all counts, except the civil conspiracy count. As to that count, we adopt the well-reasoned opinion of our sister court in
Rey v. Philip Morris, Inc.,
75 So.3d 378 (Fla. 3d DCA 2011).
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AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART AND REMANDED.
GRIFFIN, TORPY and LAWSON, JJ., concur.
1
.
Engle v. Liggett Grp., Inc.,
945 So.2d 1246 (Fla.2006).
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. At oral argument, counsel alerted this Court that Vector Group, Ltd., had not been a defendant in
Engle
and might have other defenses not yet addressed below. For clarity, our decision today only addresses issues that were properly before us.

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