CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has settled its lawsuit against the opioid distributor McKesson for $37 million.
A Thursday news release from Gov. Jim Justice and Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says it’s thought to be the country’s largest state settlement against a single pharmaceutical distributor.
The lawsuit was filed in 2016 in a West Virginia circuit court. It alleged McKesson shipped millions of suspicious orders for painkillers to the state without efforts to prevent illegal diversion.
McKesson issued a statement denying wrongdoing and says it is committed to ending the opioid epidemic.
