Kroger, Kentucky and opioid

Kentucky AG: Kroger 'allowed the fire of addiction to spread,' announces $110M settlement
Coleman's office said the event at the Life Learning Center will reveal one of the largest opioid settlements in recent Kentucky history.
Kroger settles opioid lawsuit, will pay Kentucky $110 million
Kentucky is set to receive $110 million from a settlement with Kroger that will go to addressing the opioid crisis, Attorney General Russell Coleman announced Thursday. This comes nearly a year after Coleman sued Kroger,
Kentucky reaches $110 million deal with Kroger to settle its opioid lawsuit
Kentucky will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation’s largest grocery chains of helping fuel the opioid epidemic, the state's attorney general said Thursday. The state will use the money it is getting in its settlement with The Kroger Co.
How Kentucky will disperse $110 million from opioid settlement with Kroger
The lawsuit, filed last year, accused Kroger pharmacies of dispensing 11 percent of all opioid pills statewide over 13 years, totaling 444 million doses.
'This is blood money' | Kroger reaches $110 million opioid settlement with the Kentucky
The suit alleged Kroger bought more than four billion morphine milligram equivalents of opioids for Kentucky between 2006 and 2019, roughly equivalent to 444 million opioid doses. The company distributed almost 194 million hydrocodone pills to its Kentucky pharmacies between 2006 and 2019,
Kentucky to receive over $100M from Kroger settlement
Kroger and its pharmacies in the state were responsible for over 11% of all opioid pills dispensed in Kentucky.
AG secures $110 million settlement for Kroger's role in Kentucky's opioid epidemic
Attorney General Russell Coleman announced on Thursday that his office has reached a $110 million settlement with the Kroger Company stemming from a lawsuit his office
AG Russell Coleman comes to NKY to make ‘historic opioid settlement’ announcement with Kroger
By Andy Furman NKyTribune reporter It was a win – for Kentucky. And a big one. The Attorney General of the Commonwealth, R-Ky., Russell Coleman called it an “Historic Opioid Settlement Announcement.” Speaking at a media announcement,
Kentucky AG Coleman announces $110M opioid settlement with Kroger
Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced Thursday a settlement with The Kroger (KR) Company that will bring $110M to the
Kroger to Pay $110 Million to Resolve Kentucky Lawsuit Over Opioid Epidemic
Kroger has agreed to pay $110 million to resolve a lawsuit by the state of Kentucky alleging the supermarket chain's pharmacies helped fuel a deadly opioid epidemic by flooding its communities with hundreds of millions of doses of addictive painkillers.
Kroger agrees to pay $110M in Kentucky opioid settlement
Kroger will pay to settle claims it helped fuel Kentucky’s opioid crisis. It's an effort to hold businesses accountable for their role.
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Kroger (KR) Settles Kentucky Opioid Case for $110 Million
Kroger (KR) has agreed to pay $110 million to resolve a lawsuit filed by the state of Kentucky, accusing the grocery chain's pharmacies of contributing to the opioid epidemic by dispensing ...
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Kroger agrees to pay $110M to Kentucky in opioid settlement
The Kroger Co. has agreed to pay Kentucky $110 million to settle a lawsuit filed last year alleging it pumped millions of doses of opioids into the state over the course of more than a decade.