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Top Product Liability And Mass Tort Class Action
Settlements In 2022
1. $7.4 billion – In Re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, Case No. 17-MD02804 (N.D. Ohio Feb. 25, 2022) (settlement agreement reached with distributor
McKesson to resolve the vast majority of the opioid lawsuits filed by state and
local governmental entities).
2. $6.1 billion – In Re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, Case No. 17-MD02804 (N.D. Ohio Feb. 25, 2022) (settlement agreement reached with distributor
AmerisourceBergen to resolve the vast majority of the opioid lawsuits filed by
state and local governmental entities).
3. $6 billion – In Re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, Case No. 17-MD02804 (N.D. Ohio Feb. 25, 2022) (settlement agreement reached with distributor
Cardinal Health to resolve the vast majority of the opioid lawsuits filed by state
and local governmental entities).
4. $5.5 billion – In Re National Prescription Opiate Litigation, Case No. 17-MD02804 (N.D. Ohio Mar. 3, 2022) (settlement agreement reached with 13 states
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