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	Sep. 11, 2013 State	Apr. 23, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013 State	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Jun. 30, 2012	Feb. 14, 2014 Subsequent Event LegalMatter	Dec. 31, 2013 Scenario, Forecast Minimum	Dec. 31, 2013 Scenario, Forecast Maximum	Sep. 11, 2013 Lorillard Tobacco	Mar. 31, 2012 Weingart v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.	Jul. 31, 2011 Weingart v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.	Jun. 30, 2013 Weingart v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. Lorillard Tobacco	Feb. 11, 2013 Class Action Cases LegalMatter	Feb. 14, 2014 Class Action Cases Subsequent Event LegalMatter	Sep. 13, 2013 Filter Cases	Dec. 31, 2013 Filter Cases	Feb. 14, 2014 Filter Cases Subsequent Event LegalMatter	Sep. 13, 2013 Filter Cases Lorillard Tobacco	Sep. 17, 2013 Conventional Product Liability Cases	Dec. 31, 2011 Conventional Product Liability Cases	Dec. 31, 2010 Conventional Product Liability Cases LegalMatter	Feb. 14, 2014 Conventional Product Liability Cases Subsequent Event LegalMatter	Feb. 14, 2014 Conventional Product Liability Cases Case One Subsequent Event	Feb. 14, 2014 Conventional Product Liability Cases Case Two Subsequent Event	Jun. 30, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases LegalMatter	Jan. 31, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases LegalMatter	Feb. 28, 2008 Engle Progeny Cases	Dec. 31, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases LegalMatter Case	Dec. 31, 2006 Engle Progeny Cases Employee	Dec. 31, 2011 Engle Progeny Cases LegalMatter	Dec. 31, 2009 Engle Progeny Cases Claim	Feb. 14, 2014 Engle Progeny Cases Subsequent Event LegalMatter	Jan. 14, 2014 Engle Progeny Cases Subsequent Event LegalMatter	Aug. 01, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases January 2, 2014 Case	Aug. 01, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases May 31, 2014 Case	Aug. 01, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases September 2, 2014 Case	Jan. 17, 2014 Engle Progeny Cases January 2, 2015 Subsequent Event Case	Jan. 17, 2014 Engle Progeny Cases April 1, 2015 Subsequent Event Case	Jan. 17, 2014 Engle Progeny Cases July 1, 2015 Subsequent Event Case	May 31, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Lorillard Tobacco	Apr. 30, 2011 Engle Progeny Cases Sulcer v. Lorillard Tobacco Company, et al.	Mar. 31, 2011 Engle Progeny Cases Mrozek v. Lorillard Tobacco Company	Feb. 14, 2014 Engle Progeny Cases Mrozek v. Lorillard Tobacco Company Subsequent Event	Apr. 30, 2011 Engle Progeny Cases Tullo v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.	May 31, 2011 Engle Progeny Cases Jewett v. R.J. Reynolds, et al.	Jul. 31, 2011 Engle Progeny Cases Weingart v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.	Dec. 31, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Sury v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.	Mar. 31, 2012 Engle Progeny Cases Sury v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.	Nov. 30, 2011 Engle Progeny Cases Sury v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.	May 31, 2012 Engle Progeny Cases Alexander v. Lorillard Tobacco Company, et al.	Mar. 31, 2012 Engle Progeny Cases Alexander v. Lorillard Tobacco Company, et al.	Aug. 31, 2012 Engle Progeny Cases Calloway v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.	May 31, 2012 Engle Progeny Cases Calloway v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.	May 31, 2012 Engle Progeny Cases Calloway v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. Lorillard Tobacco	May 31, 2012 Engle Progeny Cases Calloway v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. R J Reynolds	May 31, 2012 Engle Progeny Cases Calloway v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. Philip Morris	May 31, 2012 Engle Progeny Cases Calloway v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. Liggett	May 31, 2012 Engle Progeny Cases Calloway v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. Other Defendants	Feb. 28, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Evers	May 31, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Evers v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.	Feb. 28, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Evers v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.	May 31, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Cohen v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.	May 06, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Cohen v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al.	May 31, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Cohen v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. Lorillard Tobacco	May 06, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Cohen v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. Lorillard Tobacco	May 31, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Cohen v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. R J Reynolds	May 31, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Cohen v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, et al. Liggett	Oct. 04, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Ruffo	May 31, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Ruffo	Oct. 04, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Ruffo Lorillard Tobacco	May 31, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Ruffo Lorillard Tobacco	May 31, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Ruffo Philip Morris	Sep. 30, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Gafney v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company	Sep. 26, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Gafney v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company	Sep. 30, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Gafney v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Lorillard Tobacco	Sep. 26, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Gafney v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Lorillard Tobacco	Sep. 30, 2013 Engle Progeny Cases Gafney v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company R J Reynolds	Dec. 31, 2013 West Virginia Individual Personal Injury Cases Plaintiff LegalMatter	Feb. 11, 2013 West Virginia Individual Personal Injury Cases LegalMatter	Oct. 31, 2012 West Virginia Individual Personal Injury Cases LegalMatter	Sep. 30, 2000 West Virginia Individual Personal Injury Cases LegalMatter	Feb. 14, 2014 West Virginia Individual Personal Injury Cases Subsequent Event LegalMatter	Oct. 17, 2013 Flight Attendant Cases LegalMatter	Feb. 11, 2013 Flight Attendant Cases LegalMatter	Feb. 14, 2014 Flight Attendant Cases Subsequent Event LegalMatter	Dec. 31, 2013 Reimbursement Cases	Dec. 31, 2012 Reimbursement Cases	Feb. 14, 2014 Reimbursement Cases Subsequent Event LegalMatter	Dec. 31, 2013 Indemnification Obligations LegalMatter	Dec. 31, 2013 Tobacco-Related Antitrust Cases State LegalMatter	Feb. 14, 2014 Tobacco-Related Antitrust Cases Subsequent Event LegalMatter
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Cases pending against cigarette manufacturers									7,753																																																																										600
Lorillard Tobacco as defendant									6,832											61											16																																																			31
Lorillard Tobacco or Lorillard Inc as defendant																1	1			62					23						3				4,197																																																		38			2,572			1			1
Lorillard Inc. as co-defendant									655											1																651																																													0
Lights cases pending against other manufacturers, excluding Lorillard																	19
Medical monitoring Class Action cases																	2
Number of additional filter cases in which parent is defendant but which subsidiary is not defendant																				1
Verdict returned for cigarette manufacturers																								11
Compensatory damages awarded					$ 25,000,000													$ 8,000,000			$ 3,520,000	$ 35,000,000	$ 35,000,000	$ 50,000,000						$ 7,000,000
Damages paid to deceased smoker's son																								21,000,000
Punitive damages awarded																							81,000,000	81,000,000		4,000,000	25,000,000					145,000,000,000
Attorneys' fees and costs																							2,600,000																											2,500
Lorillard Tobacco's share																						79,000,000								3,000,000																																																								60,000
Percentage of interest on Damages Awarded																						12.00%	12.00%
Damages paid to plaintiffs in individual cases by manufacturers																									15
Punitive damages paid to smokers																									6
Actual damages paid																																3
Reinstated the compensatory damages awards by Florida Supreme Court																																2
Cases filed by family members																																	500
Number of claims severed into separate lawsuits																																		4,400
Cases scheduled for trial																																					50	107	120	200	150	150																																							0							0
Number of cases dismissed																													3,309		45
Additional Number of cases dismissed																													520		3
Number of cases dismissed for a variety of reasons																												440
Number of appeal filed by plaintiffs																												70
Compensatory damages awarded to plaintiff														4,500																	21,900,000													225,000	6,000,000		4,500,000	692,981	150,000		1,000,000	1,000,000		20,000,000								3,230,000			2,055,050											5,800,000
Percentage of fault of company for injuries																					44.00%																							5.00%	65.00%		5.00%	10.00%	3.00%			20.00%		80.00%			18.00%					9.00%					20.00%							3.00%				33.00%		33.00%
Jury apportion of fault for smoker's injuries to smokers																																												95.00%	35.00%		45.00%	70.00%	91.00%			60.00%		20.00%		20.50%						31.00%			40.00%							85.00%				34.00%
Punitive damages awarded to plaintiff in final judgment																																													11,300,000
Compensatory damages awarded to plaintiff in final judgment													43,081		50,000																												256,500	11,250	3,900,588		225,000	109,298							16,100,000								2,035,500			1,233,030		411,010			225,000	1,500,000	45,000				3,828,000		1,914,000
Annual interest rate on damages awarded in final judgment																																													6.00%		6.00%
Compensatory damages awarded in punitive																																													11,300,000									25,000,000
Provisionally granted plaintiff's motion for attorney fees																																														2,500
Percentage of fault of other defendants for injuries																																															50.00%
Litigation cost and fees to company																																												246,000
Damages awarded to plaintiffs for loss of companionship																																																400,000
Jury apportion of fault for smoker's injuries to other defendants																																																20.00%	3.00%			20.00%						27.00%	25.00%	9.50%		60.00%							30.00%	10.00%					12.00%
Final judgment of annual interest													4.75%																																			6.00%			4.75%		4.75%													4.75%					4.75%
Reduction in compensatory damages																																																					10,000,000
Loss contingency compensatory damages awarded value																																																					8,000,000	16,000,000		20,500,000								280,000
Final contingency punitive damages awarded value																																																						25,000,000		54,850,000	12,600,000				42,250,000			12,362,042
Verdict returned against other cigarette manufacturers																																			100
Actual and punitive damages were paid in Engle Progeny Cases																																			31
Punitive damages award in cases against other cigarette manufacturers																																			709,000,000
Minimum punitive damages award in one of the twelve cases against other cigarette manufacturers																																			20,000
Maximum punitive damages award in one of the cases against other cigarette manufacturers																																			244,000,000
Maximum security deposit for Engle Progeny cases								200,000,000
Cases dismissed																																																																																				645
Lorillard Tobacco has been dismissed from cases in lack of evidence against them																																																																																				565
Cases consolidated for trial																																																																																				1,250
Number of plaintiffs asserting both claims																																																																																	28
Number of plaintiffs involved in severed IPIC claims																																																																																	30
Lorillard Tobacco as a defendant in Severed IPIC Claims																																																																																	7
Number of plaintiffs involved in Severed IPIC claims using only other tobacco products in which neither Lorillard Inc nor Lorillard Tobacco are Defendants																																																																																	2
Cigarette Manufacturers companies and Trade associations as defendants																																																																																							3
Additional cases to be filed																																																																																							0
Verdicts returned																																																																																						8
Cases are concluded																																																																																						6
Defendant Prevailed																																																																																						7
Court granted plaintiff's motion for a new trial																																																																																						1
Damages awarded to plaintiff for French v. Philip Morris Incorporated																																																																																						5,500,000
Damages reduced by trial court for French v. Philip Morris Incorporated																																																																																						500,000
The cost of compliance to Lorillard Tobacco				20,000,000
Amount claimed to recover profits earned by defendants																																																																																									280,000,000,000
Pretax charges for obligations under state settlement agreements					120,000,000	118,000,000	120,000,000																																																																																		1,379,000,000	1,241,000,000
Annual payment by domestic tobacco industry																																																																																									10,400,000,000
Cap on plaintiffs attorneys fees paid by domestic tobacco industry																																																																																									500,000,000
Additional amount paid for plaintiffs attorneys fees																																																																																									125,000,000
Number of states involved in master settlement agreement					17
Amount of expected credit to be received over the next five years					220,000,000
Amount of expected credit to be received over the next four years		164,000,000
Amount of expected credit to be received			12,000,000	165,000,000
Increase under state settlements liability and expenses			1,000,000	21,000,000
Number of states failed to diligently enforce escrow	6
Number of states that did not participate in the settlement	9
Compensatory damages expected to be paid	458,000,000											47,000,000
Trust fund payable to compensate tobacco growing communities					5,200,000,000
Number of states having tobacco growing communities to be compensated by "Trust"					14
Number of years compensated by law to tobacco quota holders and tobacco growers					10 years
Compensation to tobacco quota holders and tobacco growers					10,100,000,000
Estimated cash payments										75,000,000	80,000,000
Payment made in settlement																			31,800,000
Compensatory damages and damages for loss of consortium																			$ 1,100,000
Indirect purchaser suits																																																																																													30
Number of states involved in Tobacco-Related Antitrust Indirect Purchasers Suits																																																																																													20
Indirect purchaser suits dismissed by courts																																																																																													4
Loews as co-defendant																																																																																												3