Tentative opioid settlement: Not all plaintiffs are on board
Purdue Pharma, manufacturer of blockbuster painkiller OxyContin, has reached a tentative settlement with 22 states and more than 2,000 cities and counties that sued the company over its role in the opioid crisis of the past two decades, people close to the deal said Wednesday.
But not all of the plaintiffs are on board.
The executive committee of lawyers representing cities, counties and other groups in a federal lawsuit against Purdue and other drug companies is recommending the deal be accepted. But some state attorneys general, who sued Purdue and its owners, the Sackler family, in state courts are still opposed to a deal.
Among the thousands of plaintiffs are the city of Everett, Snohomish County and the Tulalip Tribes. It wasn’t immediately known if those jurisdictions were in favor of the settlement or opposed.
Everett and Snohomish County officials said a judge’s gag order prevented them from commenting on this case.
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