Civil Plaintiff
Maine Will Receive a $20 Million Settlement from Purdue
Maine will get about $20 million from Purdue Pharma and the family that owns the company as part of a settlement stemming from a lawsuit about the opioid crisis.
The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma have agreed to pay more than $4.3 billion for prevention, treatment and recovery efforts across the country. Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said Thursday that thousands of individual victims of Purdue’s misconduct will also receive compensation via the bankruptcy process.
The opioid crisis has hit hard in Maine. The state is on pace to potentially surpass the record number of drug overdose deaths that occurred in 2020. There were more than 500 overdose deaths in Maine last year.
