BLOUNTVILLE â Plaintiffs and the sole remaining defendant in the Sullivan Baby Doe opioid lawsuit reached a settlement agreement Tuesday. Details were not yet filed in court as of the close of business Wednesday, but they are expected to be revealed publicly Thursday morning.
District Attorneys General Ken Baldwin, Barry Staubus, and Dan Armstrong (First, Second and Third Judicial Districts, respectively), along with attorney J. Gerard Stranch IV (lead counsel for the plaintiffs in the case) are scheduled to formally announce the settlement and share details of it at 9 a.m. on the second floor of the historic Sullivan County Courthouse.
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ERWIN â The Unicoi County Commission voted to accept a settlement on opioid litigation negotiated by 1st Judicial District Attorney General Ken Baldwin with Purdue Pharma.
The proposed amount Unicoi County would receive from the settlement is just under $1.1 million. The amount would be divided between the county, the town of Erwin and the town of Unicoi.
âThe method that has been suggested has been based on population like weâve done on other things,â Unicoi County Mayor Garland Evely said. âI donât know if thatâs going to be a firm thing in doing so or if it has to be done that way, but we have the town of Unicoi that hasnât had a police department for very many years, and then of course the town of Erwin has been around for a long time.â
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A 300-plant marijuana patch was found and removed by the 1st Judicial Drug Task Force after officials received a tip the plants were there.
District Attorney General Ken Baldwin said Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and task force agents seized the open growing, which was located in a âvery wooded area.â
A TBI helicopter flew over the reported area and confirmed the plants were there.
âIt was reported by a citizen and was located on land behind the former Our House restaurant on Highway 36,â Baldwin said.
Baldwin said there have been no arrests at this time, but the investigation was continuing. He said the TBI will destroy the plants.