The settlement, which includes money from insurers, will be implemented as part of a Chapter 11 plan, according to a filing by a trustee seeking approval of the accord in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Boston. Criminal investigations involving company insiders, 322 lawsuits against the pharmacy and 3,300 claims from injury are continuing, according to the filing.
The pharmacy's tainted drugs, including a steroid administered by spinal injection, caused 64 deaths and 700 cases of meningitis, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The company filed for bankruptcy protection in December 2012 as a result of the lawsuits.
The settlement is a "significant step towards funding a Chapter 11 plan that will furnish a mechanism to provide meaningful compensation" for families of those who died and those injured from the allegedly contaminated medications, Jeffrey Sternklar, attorney for Paul Moore, the court-appointed trustee, said in the filing yesterday.
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