Falise v. American Tobacco Company | 2000–01 | Asbestos | 9–13 | Hung jury | Case filed in US District Court, NY, on behalf of the Johns Manville Trust health plan to recover over $1.4 billion in additional smoking-related healthcare costs because the defendant concealed the dangerous synergy of asbestos exposure and smoking |
National Asbestos Workers Medical Fund v. Philip Morris Inc | 2000 | Asbestos | 14 | Case dismissed | Case filed in US District Court, NY to recover additional smoking-related healthcare costs because the defendant concealed the dangerous synergy of asbestos exposure and smoking; no specific monetary damages were requested |
Local #17 International Association of Bridge and Iron Workers Insurance Fund v. Philip Morris | 1999 | Union Trust Fund | 15–17 | Went to trial. Jury ruled in favour of defendants | Case filed in the US District Court, OH, to recover health care costs associated with smoking. RICO |
Northwest Laborers-Employers Health and Security Trust Fund vs. Philip Morris | 1998 | Union Trust Fund | 18 | Case dismissed | Case filed in US District Court, WA, to recover additional smoking-related healthcare costs; no specific monetary damages were requested |
State of FL v. American Tobacco Co | 1997 | Attorney General | 19 | MSA reached before it went to trial | The Attorney General of FL sued the tobacco industry to recover tobacco-related health care costs incurred by the Medicaid programme |
State of MN and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MN v. Philip Morris Inc | 1997–98 | Attorney General | 20–25 | Trial, followed by settlement before verdict reached by jury | The Attorney General of MN sued the tobacco industry to recover tobacco-related health care costs incurred by the Medicaid programme, Blue Cross of MN, and the GAMC programme |
State of MS v. Philip Morris Inc | 5/94–1996 | Attorney General | 26 | MSA reached before it went to trial | The Attorney General of MS sued the tobacco industry to recover tobacco-related health care costs incurred by the state’s Medicaid programme and state employee health insurance programme |
State of NY v. American Tobacco Co | 1997 | Attorney General | 27 | MSA reached before it went to trial | The Attorney General of NY sued the tobacco industry to recover tobacco-related health care costs incurred by the Medicaid programme |
State of OK v. RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co | | Attorney General | 28 | MSA reached before it went to trial | The Attorney General of OK sued the tobacco industry to recover tobacco-related health care costs incurred by the Medicaid programme |
State of TX v. American Tobacco Co | 1997 | Attorney General | 29 | MSA reached before it went to trial | The Attorney General of TX sued the tobacco industry to recover tobacco-related health care costs incurred by the Medicaid programme |
State of WA v. American Tobacco Co | 1998 | Attorney General | 30 | Went to trial, but MSA reached before trial concluded | The Attorney General of WA sued the tobacco industry to recover tobacco-related health care costs incurred by the Medicaid programme. There was an Antitrust component to this case. |
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of NJ v. Philip Morris | 2000–01 | Private insurer | 14, 31–35 | Went to trial. Jury found the defendants guilty of deceptive practices and awarded the plaintiff damages of $18 million. Found against the plaintiffs on the charges of racketeering and common law fraud | Case filed in US District Court, Brooklyn, on behalf of 24 BCBS plans to recover health care costs related to smoking. The trial was limited to one plan |