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Counties that have sued pharmaceutical companies

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Culled from media reports and news releases, the following counties have filed lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies related to the marketing of opioid painkillers.

California

  • Orange (settled)
  • Santa Clara (settled)

Georgia

  • Fulton 
  • Dekalb

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Illinois

  • St. Clair
  • Jersey
  • Kankakee

Kentucky

  • Anderson
  • Bell
  • Boyle
  • Franklin
  • Fleming
  • Pendleton
  • Shelby
  • Lexington-Fayette
  • Lincoln
  • Madison
  • Henry
  • Nochilas
  • Garrard
  • Harlan
  • Knox
  • Spencer
  • Union
  • Leslie
  • Whitley
  • Carlisle
  • Clark

Michigan

  • Wayne
  • Oakland

New Mexico

  • Mora

North Carolina

  • Buncombe

New York

  • Erie
  • Broome
  • Sullivan
  • Nassau
  • Orange
  • Suffolk
  • Dutchess
  • Schenectady
  • Westchester
  • Tompkins
  • Tioga
  • Saratoga
  • Niagra

Ohio

  • Butler
  • Richland County Children Services
  • Cuyahoga
  • Darke
  • Licking

Oregon

  • Multnomah

Pennsylvania

  • Delaware
  • Lackawanna
  • Dauphin
  • Luzerne
  • Erie
  • Lawrence
  • Beaver

Texas

  • Bexar
  • Upshur
  • Bowie
  • Harrison
  • Marion
  • McLennon
  • Dallas
  • Tarrant

Wisconsin

  • Columbia
  • Eu Clair
  • Sauk
  • Marathon
  • Adams
  • Door
  • Douglas
  • Florence
  • Fond du Lac
  • Grant
  • Green
  • Iowa
  • Jackson
  • Jefferson
  • Langlade
  • Lincoln
  • Oconto
  • Oneida
  • Pierce
  • Price
  • Rock
  • Rusk
  • Shawano
  • Sheboygan
  • Washburn
  • Washington
  • Waupaca
  • Wood
  • Chippewa

West Virginia

  • Putnam
  • McDowell
  • Cabell
  • Lincoln
  • Mason
  • Kanawha 

 

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