Drug companies reach $260 million opioid settlement with Ohio counties, averting landmark trial

) will contribute $215 million toward the settlement, according to Hunter Shkolnik, an attorney for the counties.

The trial was to be a so-called bellwether or test trial that was meant to help shape a broader settlement of some 2,600 lawsuits pending over the toll opioids have taken on local communities and the nation. The judge overseeing the Ohio case, Dan Polster, urged the parties on Monday to continue to work toward a broader deal.Factbox: Billion-dollar lawsuits accuse drugmakers, distributors of fueling U.S. opioid crisisPolster said he would work out a new trial date for the remaining defendant, pharmacy chain operator Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc .

A sixth defendant, the smaller distributor Henry Schein Inc , said on Monday it had been dismissed as a defendant from the trial after agreeing to a deal for around $1.25 million.

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And their still making more money than the railroad. Guess what? Guess why? If you buy from the opioid company’s you might not get fentanyl and die.

Headline's should say, US's crooked dick 'justice' system rape's pharmaceutical companies and makes people with chronic pain suffer. They used fear mongering and scare tactics to create unethical laws in healthcare to disrupt the market and give control to unethical drug dealers.

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