Butler County Could Get More than $5 Million in Huge Opioid Settlement
“Butler County could receive more than $5 million and access to many millions more in a huge statewide settlement with the big three opioid distributors and Johnson & Johnson. The county commissioners signed the agreement Monday which clears the way for a potential direct payment of $3.8 to $5.4 million and access to a share in $38 to $54.4 million more, as part of regional group of seven counties,” reports Denise G. Callahan in Journal News.
“The payments would be over 17 years but the deal was contingent on 95% of the state litigants agreeing to the settlement by today. The county’s share is part of a nationwide $26 billion settlement brokered by state attorneys general with the three largest opioid distributors Cardinal, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen and Johnson & Johnson. Nearly 4,000 jurisdictions nationwide filed lawsuits in state and federal courts years ago.”
