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The first case was declared in May 1994 by Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore. The general theory of these lawsuits was that the cigarettes produced by the tobacco industry contributed to health problems among the population, which in turn resulted in significant costs to the states' public health systems.
In the 1990s, Scruggs was hired by Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore to assist with a lawsuit against thirteen tobacco companies for state-borne health care costs. Scruggs and his colleagues brought a concerted action, representing several states, which resulted in a settlement of over $248 billion. [15]
After a series of consultations in Washington, D.C., between the tobacco executives, Moore, and the other attorneys general, the Mississippi attorney general announced a settlement was reached in a press conference on June 20, with the tobacco companies agreeing to pay $368.5 billion to the 40 states involved, submit to new regulations, and ...
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Bergman provided him with armed bodyguards and, after legal consultation, urged him to testify for the State of Mississippi in a lawsuit against Big Tobacco brought by Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore, a tactic designed to nullify his confidentiality agreement before revealing the truth in an interview with Mike Wallace for 60 Minutes ...
An attorney representing former NFL quarterback Brett Favre in a civil lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Human Services has been removed from Favre's legal team by a Hinds County ...
A lawyer, [1] Nutt has defended former trial lawyer Richard Scruggs. [1] [2] He has also "represented clients in asbestos, drug, healthcare fraud and environmental litigation." [1] In 1999, he agreed to donate $14.5 million to the University of Mississippi, [1] which named its David H. Nutt Auditorium in his honor. [1] [3]
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