A Wisconsin County Will Receive $3.7 Million From an Opioid Settlement
Dodge County will get a $3.7 million share of a $21 billion settlement from opioid manufacturers, but no decision has been made on where the funds are headed.
According to a county board resolution approved Dec. 21, “The people of the State of Wisconsin and its communities have been harmed by misfeasance, nonfeasance and malfeasance committed by certain entities that engage in manufacture, marketing, promotion, distribution or dispensing of an opioid analgesic.”
The largest pharmaceutical distributors: McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen, and manufacturer Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc. and its parent company Johnson & Johnson have agreed to a tentative settlement. If adopted by litigating states and local units of government, the distributors will pay to the plaintiffs a maximum of $21 billion over 18 years with Johnson & Johnson paying $5 billion over nine years.
