Four companies on verge of settling US opioid lawsuits
NY Post
The three biggest U.S. drug distribution companies and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson are on the verge of a $26 billion settlement covering thousands of government lawsuits over the toll of opioids across the U.S., a group of lawyers for local governments said Tuesday.
The national settlement is expected to be the biggest single settlement in the complicated universe of litigation over the opioid epidemic in the U.S. It won’t end the cases, but it would change them. Lawyers said a full announcement could happen this week. But that would not be the end of it, rather the start of a monthslong process for state and local governments to decide whether to sign on.More Related News