One of the largest grocery chains in the United States is the latest company to agree to settle lawsuits over the U.S. opioid crisis.
In a deal announced Friday, the Kroger Co. would pay up to US$1.4 billion over 11 years. The amount includes up to US$1.2 billion for state and local governments where it operates, US$36 million to Native American tribes and about US$177 million to cover lawyers' fees and costs.Kroger currently has stores in 35 states -- virtually everywhere save the Northeast, the northern plains and Hawaii. Thirty-three states would be eligible for money in the deal.
Most of the settlement money is to be used to address an overdose epidemic linked to more than 80,000 deaths a year in the U.S. in recent years, with most of the latest deaths connected to illicit synthetic drugs such as fentanyl rather than prescription painkillers.
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