AUSTIN, Oct. 15 -- The Texas Attorney General issued the following press release:
Attorney General Ken Paxton was part of a multistate coalition that secured a settlement with Albertsons that, once final, would require the grocery chain to pay more than $773 million nationally to address its role in the opioid crisis. Under the settlement, Texas and its Political Subdivisions are eligible to receive up to $57.8 million for opioid abatement in Texas.
To date, national investigations and litigation against the pharmaceutical industry over the opioid crisis have led to more than $50 billion in settlement. This settlement is the latest in a series of agreements Attorney General Paxton has negotiated to hold the pharmaceutical in...