/news/tags/summit-county-opioid-lawsuit Summit County opioid lawsuit en-US Copyright Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:54:18 GMT /news/community/2020-08-25/morning-headlines-dewine-faces-impeachment-effort-akron-school-board-votes-down-sports-restart Morning Headlines for Tuesday, August 25:Gov. DeWine faces impeachment effortAkron school board votes down sports restartDaycares can begin caring for… Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:54:18 GMT /news/community/2020-08-25/morning-headlines-dewine-faces-impeachment-effort-akron-school-board-votes-down-sports-restart Amanda Rabinowitz /news/government-politics/2019-12-06/summit-county-leaders-disappointed-by-ag-move-to-control-opioid-funds The Ohio Attorney General's office wants a constitutional amendment to protect opioid settlement money. Attorney General Dave Yost says it would create a… Fri, 06 Dec 2019 23:27:28 GMT /news/government-politics/2019-12-06/summit-county-leaders-disappointed-by-ag-move-to-control-opioid-funds Andy Chow /news/government-politics/2019-10-21/summit-county-welcomes-pharmaceutical-settlement-to-fight-ongoing-opioid-emergency Summit County will receive 38% percent of the cash settlement pharmaceutical companies reached with Summit and Cuyahoga Counties. The percentage is based… Mon, 21 Oct 2019 22:39:24 GMT /news/government-politics/2019-10-21/summit-county-welcomes-pharmaceutical-settlement-to-fight-ongoing-opioid-emergency Sarah Taylor /news/government-politics/2019-10-10/summit-county-initiates-opioid-plan-following-appeals-court-ruling A federal appeals court in Cincinnati has rejected Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost’s request to delay the October 21 start for the huge opioid trial in… Thu, 10 Oct 2019 19:40:03 GMT /news/government-politics/2019-10-10/summit-county-initiates-opioid-plan-following-appeals-court-ruling Karen Kasler /news/government-politics/2019-10-09/summit-county-leaders-prepare-for-opioid-trial Pharmaceutical maker Johnson & Johnson recently announced a settlement in a lawsuit Summit County filed over the opioid epidemic. For more on this… Wed, 09 Oct 2019 19:37:14 GMT /news/government-politics/2019-10-09/summit-county-leaders-prepare-for-opioid-trial Jennifer Conn /news/government-politics/2019-08-28/proposal-could-put-ag-in-charge-of-opioid-lawsuits-in-ohio Updated: 4:18 p.m., Aug. 28, 2019 Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has circulated draft legislation that could allow the state — not counties — to take the lead in lawsuits over the opioid crisis. The news comes as Purdue Pharma considers a settlement, reportedly valued at $10 billion to $12 billion, with more than 2,000 local governments suing drug companies over the opioid crisis. Wed, 28 Aug 2019 20:00:00 GMT /news/government-politics/2019-08-28/proposal-could-put-ag-in-charge-of-opioid-lawsuits-in-ohio /news/health-science/2019-08-22/john-kasich-gordon-gee-seek-to-push-opioid-settlement-money-to-hospitals West Virginia University President Gordon Gee and former Ohio Gov. John Kasich are creating a nonprofit that will fight to steer cash from any national... Thu, 22 Aug 2019 12:02:45 GMT /news/health-science/2019-08-22/john-kasich-gordon-gee-seek-to-push-opioid-settlement-money-to-hospitals Julie Carr Smyth /news/health-science/2019-08-20/two-drug-companies-near-settlement-with-cuyahoga-summit-in-opioid-suit Two drug companies have reached agreements in principle with Cuyahoga and Summit counties to settle the local governments’ federal lawsuits over the opioid crisis. Tue, 20 Aug 2019 18:03:52 GMT /news/health-science/2019-08-20/two-drug-companies-near-settlement-with-cuyahoga-summit-in-opioid-suit /news/health-science/2018-12-24/local-opioid-lawsuits-head-to-trial-next-year The first round of lawsuits over the opioid crisis is scheduled for trial next year, with cases from Northeast Ohio at the front of the line. Suits brought by Cleveland, Cuyahoga County and Summit County are among hundreds of cases against companies that made, shipped or sold opioids. The local cases are set to go to trial September 3, 2019. U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster, who is presiding over the multidistrict litigation from his downtown Cleveland courtroom, dismissed drug companies’ efforts to have claims against them thrown out. Mon, 24 Dec 2018 14:38:42 GMT /news/health-science/2018-12-24/local-opioid-lawsuits-head-to-trial-next-year