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Kettering approves joining remaining defendants in national opioid settlement
Summary
Council authorized the city manager to opt Kettering into a national opioid settlement, allowing the city to receive its allocation from ongoing coordinated litigation and settlements against opioid supply-chain entities.
Kettering City Council on April 14 authorized the city manager to opt the city into a national opioid settlement that covers remaining defendants and to execute documents related to participation.
The city attorney told council the resolution is similar to prior local-government actions and follows coordinated litigation that many states and local governments have pursued to secure settlements from entities in the opioid pharmaceutical supply chain. "This resolution would authorize the city to opt into another one of those settlements to get Kettering's share of that settlement allocation," the city attorney said during the meeting.
Council adopted the resolution by roll call with no recorded opposition. The resolution directs city staff and the law department to complete necessary documentation to secure the city's portion of the settlement allocation, subject to the terms of the settlement process.
No specific dollar amount was read into the record during the meeting; the attorney described the action as a continuation of previous efforts to participate in nationwide settlement processes.
