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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) An attorney who helped reach a $35 million settlement with an opioid manufacturer over the company s role in the epidemic in Tennessee said Thursday that his team accepted the drug maker s last, best and final offer, arguing the agreement avoids the possible complications of a jury verdict.
Gerard Stranch, who represents the plaintiffs in the Tennessee case against Endo, told reporters that $35 million was the total largest sum Endo was willing or able to pay. Endo announced the settlement last week, just days before a trial would have begun over how much to award the local governments and the child born dependent to opioids who sued.
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