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Siskiyou County supervisors authorize participation in opioid settlement and approve outside counsel for Elkins estate defense

5911832 · September 16, 2025
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The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors reported closed-session actions authorizing the county to join a secondary manufacturers' opioid settlement and to retain outside counsel to defend the county in the Estate of Matthew Elkins case.

The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors reported on two actions taken in closed session on agenda items 2(b) and 2(c): authorizing county counsel to execute documents necessary for participation in a secondary manufacturers' opioid settlement, and approving outside defense counsel to represent the county in litigation titled Estate of Matthew Elkins v. County.

The actions were announced after a closed session that ran from 10:27 a.m. to 10:37 a.m. The board’s report identified the motion on the opioid settlement as moved by Supervisor Valenzuela and seconded by Supervisor Harris; the board carried the motion. The board also moved to authorize…

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