| State/Date Fee Announced | Payments to State | Awards to Lawyers | Panel Vote | Litigation Status | Law Firms |
| Mississippi 12/11/1998 |
$4.1 billion | $1.4 billion | 2-1; Renfrew dissents | Filed 5/94. First state to sue. Settled 7/97, before trial. |
Richard Scruggs; Ness Motley |
| Florida 12/11/98 |
$13.2 billion | $3.4 billion | 2-1; Renfrew dissents | Filed 2/95. Settled 8/97, before trial. | Nine Florida firms plus Scruggs; Ness Motley |
| Texas 12/11/1998 |
$17.365 billion | $3.299 billion | 2-1; Renfrew dissents | Filed 3/96. Settled 1/98, before trial. | Five Texas firms plus Scruggs; Ness Motley |
| Massachusetts 7/29/1999 |
$8.3 billion | $775 million | 2-1; Huge dissents, favors $1.5 billion fee | Filed 12/95. Fifth state to sue. Trial set for 2/99; summary judgment motions argued. Lawyers had 25% fee contract. | Ness Motley; Lieff, Cabraser; four Boston firms. Lawyers suing to enforce contract |
| Hawaii 9/8/1999 |
$1.38 billion | $90 million | Unanimous | Filed 1/97. Survived motion to dismiss. No depositions taken. | Ness Motley; Scruggs; four Hawaii firms |
| Illinois 10/7/1999 |
$9.3 billion | $121 million | Unanimous | Filed 11/96. Survived motion to dismiss. No depositions. | Hagens Berman; Lieff, Cabraser; two other firms. Lawyers suing to enforce 10% contingency contract |
| Iowa 12/29/1999 |
$1.9 billion | $85 million | Unanimous | Filed 11/96. Medicaid reimbursement claim dismissed; upheld by Iowa Supreme Court. | Ness Motley; six other firms |
| Louisiana 1/31/2000 |
$4.6 billion | $575 million | 2-1; Renfrew dissents | Filed 3/96. Sued tobacco's insurers; removed to federal court. Little progress. | Seventeen firms |
| Kansas 1/31/2000 |
$1.767 billion | $54 million | Unanimous | Filed 8/96. Won key privilege issue. | Ness Motley; Scruggs; two Kansas firms |
| Ohio 5/8/2000 |
$10.1 billion | $265 million | 2-1; Renfrew dissents | Filed 5/97. No depositions taken or documents produced. | Ness Motley; Scruggs; and five other firms |
| Oklahoma 5/17/2000 |
$2 billion | $250 million | Unanimous | Filed 8/96. Significant discovery and trial prep. | Ness Motley; Scruggs; four Oklahoma firms |
| Puerto Rico 6/7/2000 |
$2.2 billion | $75 million | Unanimous | Filed 6/97. Credit given for increasing commonwealth's settlement share. | Ness Motley; Scruggs; two local firms |
| New Mexico 8/21/2000 |
$1.25 billion | $24.5 million | 2-1; Plaintiffs representative, Jim Carrigan dissents | Filed 5/97. Not much progress. | Two local firms |
| South Carolina 10/23/2000 |
$2.3 billion | $82.5 million | 2-1; Renfrew dissents | Filed 5/97. After nine months, AG told lawyers to stop work. | Ness Motley |
| Utah 10/25/2000 |
$1 billion | $64.85 million | Unanimous | Filed 9/96. Modest contribution to MSA; counsel had 25% contract. | Giauque, Crockett, Bendinger & Peterson (Salt Lake City); Ness Motley |
| California 3/5/2001 |
$25 billion (split evenly between state and cities and counties) | $637.5 million | Unanimous | Cases brought by counties, cities, and private AGs. Trial date for some set for early '99. | Milberg, Weiss; Lieff, Cabraser; two other California firms |
| Michigan 9/7/2001 |
$8.7 billion | $450 million | 2-1; Renfrew dissents | Filed 8/96. State AG's staff handled most of the work. | Ness Motley; Scruggs |
| New York 10/23/2001 |
$25 billion | $625 million | 2-1; Renfrew dissents | Filed 1/97. Outside counsel not retained until 9/97. | Ness Motley; Scruggs; Hagens Berman; three local firms |
| Davis/Ellis 7/15/2002 |
$0 | $1.25 billion | 2-1; Renfrew dissents | Filed 6/96. Fourth private AG suit in California. Not included in master settlement. | Castano Group |
| Awards are still to be announced for the District of Columbia, Maryland and Missouri. | |||||
| Source: Fee arbitration panel decisions | |||||
| (The American Lawyer, December 2002) | |||||