JACKSON – Mississippi is expected to receive nearly $41 million over the next 15 years after a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family became legally effective May 1, Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced. The settlement caps more than a decade of work by attorneys general across the country over Purdue’s and the Sacklers’ role in the opioid crisis. Mississippi sued Purdue in December 2015, shortly before a multistate i…
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