Companies Reach $260 Million Deal to Settle Opioids Lawsuit

Companies Reach $260 Million Deal to Settle Opioids Lawsuit
Attorneys Linda Singer and Mark Lanier hug outside the Federal courthouse in Cleveland, Ohio, on Oct. 21, 2019. Tony Dejak/AP Photo
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CLEVELAND—The nation’s three biggest drug distributors and a major drugmaker reached a $260 million settlement with two Ohio counties over the deadly havoc wreaked by opioids, just hours before the first federal trial over the crisis was about to begin on Oct. 21.

The settlement means the closely watched trial will not move forward now.