AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF News ) – Walmart has agreed to pay $168 million dollars in a settlement with the Texas Attorney General’s Office in connection to a lawsuit filed over the company’s role in the nationwide opioid crisis.
The office accused the retail giant of being negligent in its practices pertaining to “opioid marketing, selling and dispensing.”
Officials are now encouraging local and county governments in Texas affected by the crisis to sign on to the settlements to ensure that citizens and entities receive all benefits and opioid remediation funds owed to them.
Joining the settlement allows for political subdivisions in Texas to receive direct payments and grant money in the form of opioid abatement funding from the Texas Opioid Council.
The deadline to sign on is July 31.
In a statement, the Texas AG Office said it’s secured over $2.91 billion from Allergan, CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Mallinckrodt, Teva, Endo, Johnson & Johnson, Amerisource Bergen, Cardinal Health, McKesson and McKinsey for Texas and its citizens.
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