| Class Category |
Description |
| INDIVIDUAL SMOKING & HEALTH CASES |
Smoking-and-health cases containing allegations of personal injury brought by or on behalf of individual plaintiffs. |
| FLIGHT ATTENDANT-ETS (BROIN II) CASES |
Individual cases filed pursuant to the Oct. 9, 1997, settlement agreement in the original Broin class action. Plaintiffs are flight attendants, or the estates of deceased flight attendants, who allege injury from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (also known as secondhand smoke) in aircraft cabins. |
| CLASS ACTIONS |
Class representatives proceeding on behalf of a group of similarly situated individuals or companies. |
| HEALTH-CARE REIMBURSEMENT CASES |
Cases in which plaintiffs seek reimbursement of health-care costs; sometimes referred to as "third-party payer" cases. Types of plaintiffs include taxpayers, municipalities, Native American tribes, unions, hospitals and universities. |
| ASBESTOS CONTRIBUTION CASES |
Cases in which asbestos companies sue tobacco manufacturers to recover monies paid by the asbestos companies in judgments/settlements with private plaintiffs. |
| MASTER SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT (MSA) CASES |
Cases concerning the enforcement or validity of the MSA. |
