1.   The subsidiary remains a defendant in an action that seeks to recover billions of dollars spent on treating sick smokers.

2.   Also, New York City sued the industry, becoming the latest government seeking to recover billions in smoking-related health-care costs.

3.   At the time, the state had just settled with the tobacco industry seeking to recover billions of dollars in Medicaid expenditures for smoking-related diseases.

4.   After the lawsuits recovered billions of dollars, oil consumers began fighting among themselves over how to divide the spoils.

5.   Five states have filed lawsuits against the industry in an attempt to recover billions of dollars in public Medicaid money spent treating smoking-related illnesses.

6.   His government had to foil at least three attempted countercoups while battling furiously to recover billions of dollars squirreled away in the foreign bank accounts of the former emir.

7.   In a case that has attracted national attention, Texas has sued the tobacco industry to recover billions of dollars in health-care costs associated with smoking.

8.   In December, Massachusetts became the fifth state to go after the tobacco industry to recover billions of dollars in health costs linked to smoking.

9.   In September, the federal government filed a major lawsuit that charges cigarette makers with fraud and seeks to recover billions in health care expenses.

10.   Instead, lawyers seek to recover billions of dollars the plaintiffs spent on cigarettes and treatment for addiction, as well as pain and suffering awards and punitive damages.