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Waynesboro City Council agreed to the terms of three opioid lawsuit settlements, expected to bring thousands earmarked for abatement projects.
A federal judge on July 28 ordered the opioid case against Publix closed due to both sides agreeing to a settlement.
Trumbull County joined the settlement with Lake County to receive a combined $5 million. Commissioners say Trumbull County ...
Westmoreland County has signed on to the settlement of a federal lawsuit with the makers of Oxycontin. The $7 billion overall ...
Trumbull County will join with Lake County in the Purdue / Sackler drug settlement that will allow them to receive up to $5 million in two payments over the next year. The first payment will be ...
Alaska signed on to a $7.4 billion national Purdue settlement last month, which could bring the state more than $12 million.
A $7.4 billion settlement was reached with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family over their role in the opioid crisis.The Sacklers will give up ownership and pay up to $6.5 billion, with money ...
Attorney General Dave Sunday announced Monday that, along with 54 other attorneys general, a settlement has been reached with the Sackler families and their company Purdue Pharma for $7.4 billion.
The settlement is a way to avoid trials with claims from states alone that total more than $2 trillion in damages. This month, 49 states announced they had signed on to the proposal.
FILE - Protesters who have lost love ones to the opioid crisis protest outside a courthouse in Boston, Aug. 2, 2019, where a judge heard arguments in a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma. Charles Krupa ...
Last month, attorneys general from 55 U.S. states and territories as well as the District of Columbia approved a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma, the maker of opioid painkiller OxyContin.
FILE - Protesters who have lost love ones to the opioid crisis protest outside a courthouse in Boston, Aug. 2, 2019, where a judge heard arguments in a lawsuit against Purdue Pharma.