West Virginia May Go to Court In Lieu of Low Opioids Settlement (1)

West Virginia communities are pushing back against state attorneys general who have sought to negotiate a global settlement in federal opioid litigation that would largely cut out the state widely known as ground zero of the crisis.

“We will not be forgotten, we will not be ignored,” said Paul Farrell, Jr., co-lead council representing more than 2,700 cities and counties in the multidistrict litigation, including six West Virginia Counties.

“We will either have a seat at the negotiation table or we will have our day in court,” added Farrell, who is based in West Virginia.

Four attorneys general in October ...