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Commissioners approve opioid settlement participation and delegate vote on bankruptcy plan
Summary
Okaloosa County joined a nationwide opioid settlement and delegated authority to outside counsel to support the Purdue bankruptcy plan; the board also approved participation in a separate settlement without a bankruptcy plan.
The Okaloosa County Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 2 voted unanimously to join a nationwide opioid‑litigation settlement and to delegate limited authority to outside counsel to vote on a related bankruptcy plan for certain defendants; the board also unanimously approved participation in an additional nationwide settlement that does not involve bankruptcy proceedings.
County attorney staff explained the item involved a two‑step process: first, joining the negotiated nationwide settlement that the states’ attorneys general have approved;…
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