MORRISEY ANNOUNCES $99 MILLION OPIOID SETTLEMENT

The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office has reached a $99 million settlement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, an opioid drug manufacturer family of companies involved in the ongoing trial in Kanawha County Circuit Court. The amount is more than double Janssen’s national settlement proposal of $48 million. According to the settlement, West Virginia, and all its cities and counties, will receive a lump sum payment within 45 days of approval by the state’s political subdivisions.