The settlements would allow for “full resolution” of all opioid claims on behalf of U.S. states, local governments and Native American tribes, Kroger said.
Kroger, one of the nation's largest supermarket chains, has agreed to pay more than $1 billion to settle lawsuits alleging it failed to monitor sales of addictive pain pills that
The settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing or liability, the company said, adding that it would “continue to vigorously defend against any other claims and lawsuits relating to opioids.”
“This settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing or liability by Kroger,” Kroger said in a press release issued Friday, the same day it reported a loss of $180 million in its fiscal s…
Kroger announced Friday that it agreed to pay $1.2 billion to settle the majority of claims that it exacerbated the opioid crisis in the United States.
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