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Kenosha County ratifies counsel’s authority to add defendants in opioid MDL; committee cites litigation history since 2017
Summary
The committee unanimously approved a resolution confirming Kenosha County counsel’s authority to add additional defendants, including pharmacy benefit managers, to ongoing opioid litigation consolidated in MDL 2804 after counsel said a notice of claim challenged that authority.
The Kenosha County Legislative Committee unanimously approved May 30 a resolution confirming and ratifying county counsel’s authority to add additional defendants to the county’s opioid litigation, including parties in Multidistrict Litigation MDL 2804.
County counsel told the committee the county joined litigation in 2017 against opioid manufacturers and later expanded claims to include distributors, pharmacy chains and, most recently, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Counsel said the original engagement letter authorized counsel to add additional appropriate parties as…
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