Settlements

Manufacturer of chemicals and consumer goods 3M said that it has agreed to pay $6 billion to resolve claims filed by U.S. military members that the company's defective earplugs…

To lower the risk of deadly overdoses from fentanyl and other opioids in rural regions, Maine will receive $1.4 million in federal funds.

The money was announced by the U.S.…

The first-year compensation from a second wave of federal court settlements involving the opioid and addiction problem could total up to $148 million in Pennsylvania.

Deals…

The Weld County Health Department is one of the recipients of a recent national landmark settlement involving prescription opioid manufacturers and distributors.

The funding…

Franklin County has approved a $6.5 million settlement to resolve a federal wrongful death lawsuit arising from the fatal 2018 shooting of a 16-year-old boy by a sheriff's deputy during an altercation.

The Franklin County Board of…

A scheme to avoid paying more than $1 billion as part of a federal settlement for victims of the opioid crisis is being floated by one of the big pharmaceutical corporations that has…

The results of a recent study state that long-term adverse effects of Nexium, Prilosec, and other proton pump inhibitor (PPI) treatments may increase the risk of dementia.

These…

A multi-billion dollar bankruptcy deal by Purdue Pharma that would have shielded the company's Sackler family owners from civil litigation relating to the opioid crisis was…

Maryland has been awarded $24 million in a massive settlement with four pharmaceutical companies that have faced a slew of lawsuits over their involvement in the deadly opioid…