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Clark County opts into $97.6M Remnant Defendants opioid settlement
Summary
The commission authorized participation in a nationwide Remnant Defendants settlement that would have six defendants pay a combined $97,625,000; Clark County’s share would be a one-time payment to eligible entities and county officials were authorized to execute settlement documents.
The Clark County Board of Commissioners voted March 18 to authorize participation in a proposed nationwide settlement with six regional distributor/dispenser defendants known as the Remnant Defendants Settlement. If effectuated, the settlement would require the listed defendants to pay a combined $97,625,000 in cash for abatement of the opioid epidemic, with eligible entities receiving one-time settlement payments.
Chief Legal Counsel Beau Thompson told the board the county has been engaged in opioid litigation for several years and described the Remnant Defendants settlement as one of the last such arrangements for the commission to consider. Thompson said the settlement is not allocated through State Attorneys General and would be distributed directly to eligible local entities; he recommended authorization for the County Administrator and Chief Legal Counsel to execute the agreement and related documents.
Commissioner Charles A. Patterson moved to authorize participation and execution of settlement documents; Commissioner Richard L. Lohnes seconded and the board voted unanimously in favor of Resolution 2026-0222. The resolution lists the six defendants (Associated Pharmacies, J M Smith Corporation, Louisiana Wholesale Drug Company, Morris and Dickson, North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company, and United Natural Foods, Inc., including SuperValu and Advantage Logistics) and specifies the combined payment amount. The resolution did not record a county-specific allocation amount in the public meeting record; the legal counsel said the county’s payment amount will be a one-time allocation to eligible entities under the settlement terms.
