He later represented the state of Mississippi in the tobacco litigation of the 1990s.
Analysts say the latest turn in the tobacco litigation does not mean it is coming to an end.
Some already have struck gold in the tobacco litigation.
The discount between those two prices will show just how scared investors are of tobacco litigation.
At that point, tobacco litigation split into two directions.
The case comes at an uncertain point in the course of tobacco litigation.
Fitch had left a wide trail across the landscape of tobacco litigation.
There have been cases that resulted in large verdicts before - tobacco litigation, for example.
"We remain committed to a negotiated resolution to tobacco litigation," she said.
"It was the environmental equivalent of the tobacco litigation."