Native American tribes have reached opioid settlements worth over a half-billion dollars with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three distributors.
A federal court filing Tuesday in Cleveland describes $590 million in settlements with the New Jersey-based drugmaker along with distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson.
The Associated Press reported that all federally recognized tribes in the U.S., even those who didn't sue over opioids, will be able to participate in the settlements.Some tribes have been hit particularly hard by an overdose and addiction crisis that has been linked to more than 500,000 U.S. deaths.Johnson & Johnson says the settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing.
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