The money from the settlement with The Kroger Co. will go toward combatting opioid addiction, which has ravaged Kentucky.

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(RTTNews) - Attorney General Russell Coleman, announced on Thursday, that Kroger Company (KR) will pay the State of Kentucky $110 million in a settlement for its involvement in the distribution of ...

Speaking at the Life Learning Center in Covington, state Attorney General Russell Coleman announces the settlement of his office's opioid lawsuit against The Kroger Company, Jan. 9, 2025. (Screenshot) ...

The Kroger Co. has agreed to pay Kentucky $110 million to settle a lawsuit filed last year alleging it pumped millions of doses of opioids into the state over the course of more than a decade.

Kentucky received more than it would have in broader settlement Kroger denies wrongdoing, calls claims of lacking safeguards false Opioid epidemic led to 727,000 U.S. deaths from 1999 to 2022 Jan ...

The lawsuit, filed last year, accused Kroger pharmacies of dispensing 11 percent of all opioid pills statewide over 13 years, ...

"Given the widespread presence, the 11% distribution number from Kroger, I wasn't willing to allow states like California and New York to get the larger payouts at Kentucky's expense," Coleman said.

The state will use the money it is getting in its settlement with The Kroger Co. to combat an addiction ... across the country have sued drugmakers, distribution companies, pharmacies and others ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The commonwealth of Kentucky reached a $110 million settlement with Kroger for its role in the opioid crisis. Attorney General Russell Coleman announced the settlement in ...