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Coos County approves participation in Purdue Pharma settlement and settlements with secondary manufacturers
Summary
The Board authorized county legal staff to sign a participation form for the Purdue Pharma direct settlement and approved combined participation in settlements with eight secondary opioid manufacturers; commissioners said details were reviewed in an executive session.
County counsel presented two related actions resolving Coos County’s claims in the national opioid litigation.
For Purdue Pharma LP, the board voted to authorize county legal staff to sign a participation form for the direct settlement and to authorize Napoli Shkolnik to vote in favor of the bankruptcy plan that governs future distributions to states, local governments and other creditors. The motion passed by voice vote; commissioners said they had reviewed details in an earlier executive session.
Separately, the board also approved a combined participation form to accept settlements with eight secondary opioid manufacturers that produced generic opioid products. The county’s motion to participate was approved by voice vote.
The board did not disclose settlement dollar amounts during the public session; staff indicated details had been discussed in executive session. There was no public comment specific to these items during the open meeting segment.
