Get email alerts on the Litigation topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Board authorizes county attorney to accept nationwide distributor settlement
Summary
Smyth County's attorney advised the board there is a proposed $97 million nationwide settlement with six regional distributors; the board voted unanimously to accept the settlement and authorized the county attorney to sign documents, though the county's share was not specified at the meeting.
The county attorney briefed the Smyth County Board on a proposed settlement involving six regional distributors that would resolve claims through a nationwide settlement fund totaling $97 million. Counsel recommended the county accept the proposed agreement and authorize execution of necessary documents.
"There has been a settlement proposal, essentially, for us to accept with 6 regional distributors. And the total of that is $97,000,000," the county attorney said, and recommended the board accept the settlement and direct the county attorney to sign the documents. The board moved, seconded and approved the action unanimously; no dollar amount for the county's individual share was provided during the meeting.
Board members had no further discussion on the settlement in open session and voted to approve counsel's motion. The attorney noted distribution of the county's share would follow the same formula used in prior settlements and that staff would receive additional details outside of the meeting.
AI generated
The text on this page is AI generated. Summaries, highlights, analysis, and video transcripts are all produced from the original source material.
AI can make mistakes, so if you spot one, and we will fix it for everyone.
Note: the source content is unaltered by us. Any content source we link to, be it a video, an audio recording, or a document, is presented exactly as its publisher released it. That publisher is usually a government body, sometimes an individual official or another organisation.
