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Justice Department Settles for $18 Million Share of Smokers’ $580 Million Trust Fund…
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May 22nd, 2009UncategorizedThe trustee of a trust fund for sick Florida smokers is prepared to settle some claims by the federal government for $18 million, freeing up the rest of the $580 million fund for smokers and their attorneys. The trustee offered two scenarios for how the money will be paid -- a quick and easy method dividing the total by about 45,000 authorized claimants for a charge of $400 each, or a belabored process of running their Social Security numbers through government benefit databases.