Civil Litigation
Jun. 17, 2019
Municipalities’ proposal to negotiate opioid settlements likely to gain approval, experts say
A proposed structure that would allow attorneys for local governments to negotiate and accept settlements for roughly 25,000 cities and counties would clear some of the most formidable hurdles on both sides to resolving lawsuits stemming from the opioid crisis, legal observers said.
A proposed structure that would allow attorneys for local governments to negotiate and accept settlements for roughly 25,000 cities and counties would clear some of the most formidable hurdles on both sides to resolving lawsuits stemming from the opioid crisis, legal observers said.
There is "little downside" for drugmaker and manufacturer defendants to agree to a framework that would sweep nearly every municipality in the United ...
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