The move is also designed to provide some assurances to defendants about the total scope of lawsuits that are out there. (Photo: Shutterstock.com)
Plaintiffs lawyers leading lawsuits brought over the opioid crisis have filed a motion to certify an expansive class of various governments in preparation for a nationwide settlement.
In a motion for class certification filed Friday, lawyers sought to have a federal judge who is overseeing more than 1,800 lawsuits by cities, counties and other governments over the opioid crisis, approve an unprecedented “negotiation class” for the “sole purpose of negotiating and potentially settling with defendants conducting nationwide opioids manufacturing, sales, or distribution.”
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Amanda Bronstad
Amanda Bronstad is the ALM staff reporter covering class actions and mass torts nationwide. She writes the email dispatch Law.com Class Actions: Critical Mass. She is based in Los Angeles.
