TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 26, 2022

Hamilton County is set to possibly receive millions of dollars in a settlement with a manufacturer and three distributors of opioids, attorney Ronnie Berke told the county commission today. Berke says that defendants have until mid-March to reject details, but that the county should expect to receive $10.8 million from two different funds, paid out over 18 years, Chattanoogan.com reports. Berke said he has estimated that the county will receive $900,000 over the first three years, and then between $500,000 and $600,000 for the next 15 years. Of the total, $7 million must be set aside to treat problems caused by the opioid crisis.