The deals aren’t quite final yet, but if all goes as planned in papers filed with the government, CVS and Walgreens will pony up $5 billion each to settle lawsuits related to their roles in the opioid crisis.
Earlier, in August 2022, they’d already been ordered to pay, along with Walmart, $650 million to two Ohio counties after a jury found them guilty of ignoring red flags that signaled problems with the dispensing of large numbers of the drugs.
Before that, they’d already settled cases in Florida, West Virginia and New York.
SOURCE:
The New York Times November 2,2022