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Lawyer urges Limestone County to sign opioid settlement documents, seek larger state funds
Summary
At a county meeting, an attorney representing coalition counsel described two national opioid settlements, said Limestone County stands to receive modest direct payments and urged the county to apply to the larger statewide fund for additional grants.
Blake Beckham, a private attorney appearing before the Limestone County Commissioners, urged the county to execute settlement documents for two opioid-related national settlements and to apply for grants from the larger statewide fund that receives the bulk of settlement proceeds.
Beckham told commissioners the larger Purdue Pharmaceuticals settlement totals $286,000,000 and described the statewide allocation framework he said is governed by state statute: 70% of certain settlement funds go to a statewide fund, 15% to counties and 15% to another distribution. He said counties that document…
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