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Denton County court approves participation in Purdue Pharma MDL settlement process
Summary
Commissioners unanimously authorized acceptance of a settlement offer from Purdue Pharma in the national opioid MDL and authorized the county judge to sign the necessary subdivision participation and release form (Exhibit K).
Denton County Commissioners Court voted unanimously Aug. 19 to authorize the county to accept a settlement offer from defendant Purdue Pharma in multidistrict litigation MDL No. 2804 (National Prescription Opiate Litigation) and to authorize the county judge to sign Exhibit K, the subdivision participation and release form.
The chair moved to approve acceptance of Purdue Pharma’s settlement offer in MDL No. 2804, presently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, and to authorize the Denton County judge to execute the subdivision participation and release form. Commissioner Williams seconded the motion; the court recorded the vote as unanimous.
The court did not provide details during the meeting about the county’s specific share, the settlement amount, or timetable for execution beyond authorizing the judge to sign Exhibit K. The motion referenced the MDL case title and court but did not attach financial terms to the public record at the meeting.
The court’s action allows county leadership to complete the administrative step of signing the standardized participation document used in the MDL settlement process.
