Ohio AG 'encouraged' after start of opioid lawsuit talks
CLEVELAND (AP) — Ohio's attorney general says he's encouraged by the start of talks to pursue a settlement with pharmaceutical companies and distributors facing more than 250 federal lawsuits over the nation's opioid epidemic.
Attorneys general from six states, representatives from other states and dozens of attorneys from both sides gathered Wednesday in U.S. District Judge Dan Polster's courtroom in Cleveland to make presentations and answer the judge's questions.
Polster has been assigned to broker a national settlement. He closed his courtroom to the public and media Wednesday.