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Commissioners approve participation form for Purdue Pharma/Sackler settlement; authorize county official to sign
Summary
DeKalb County commissioners voted to allow county staff to complete a subsection participation form to claim funds from the Sackler-family component of the Purdue Pharma settlement; the county did not submit a bankruptcy claim and may not be eligible for the bankruptcy distribution.
DeKalb County commissioners on Aug. 18 authorized a county official to sign a participation form to receive money from the Sackler-family component of the Purdue Pharma settlement.
Susan, a county official who explained the forms, said the settlement material included two components: a bankruptcy proceeding and a separate settlement with members of the Sackler family. She explained, “First, there's a bankruptcy…
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