Legislature authorizes two opioid‑related settlement agreements
Monroe County authorized two settlement agreements in opioid litigation — the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy and the national MDL — as a matter of urgency; the agenda notes Legislator Mercedes Vazquez Simmons declared an interest prior to the vote.
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The Legislature authorized two settlement agreements in opioid-related litigation: In re Purdue Pharma L.P., et al., Case No. 19-23649 (S.D.N.Y.) and the National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL No. 2804 (N.D. Ohio) (Res. 307). The item was introduced as a matter of urgency and the agenda records that Legislator Mercedes Vazquez Simmons declared her interest prior to the vote.
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