Title
Approval of a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute All Documents Necessary for the City of Olympia to Participate in a National Opioid Settlement with Certain Opioid Manufacturers and Pharmacies
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to approve the Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute all documents necessary for the City of Olympia to participate in a National Opioid Settlement with certain opioid manufacturers and pharmacies which will result in release of any claims belonging to the City of Olympia against the settling opioid manufacturers and pharmacies.
Report
Issue:
Whether to approve the Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute all documents necessary for the City of Olympia to participate in a National Opioid Settlement with certain opioid manufacturers and pharmacies which will result in release of any claims belonging to the City of Olympia against the settling opioid manufacturers and pharmacies.
Staff Contact:
Mark Barber, City Attorney, 360.753.8223
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
The City of Olympia has joined in federal multi-district court litigation to sue parties responsible for overdose deaths and harms resulting from use of opioids by residents of Olympia. The City of Olympia brought a federal lawsuit against a variety of opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies, including Allergan, CVS, Teva, Walgreens, and Walmart, among others, to recover monetary damages sustained by Olympia residents as a result of the reckless and negligent behavior of the manufacturers and pharmacies who profited from the opioid crisis at the expense of Olympia residents. Olympia's complaint was consolidated and transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in In Re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, Case No. 1:17-md-02804-DAP.
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