Counties that have sued pharmaceutical companies
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Culled from media reports and news releases, the following counties have filed lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies related to the marketing of opioid painkillers.
California
- Orange (settled)
- Santa Clara (settled)
Georgia
- Fulton
- Dekalb
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Illinois
- St. Clair
- Jersey
- Kankakee
Kentucky
- Anderson
- Bell
- Boyle
- Franklin
- Fleming
- Pendleton
- Shelby
- Lexington-Fayette
- Lincoln
- Madison
- Henry
- Nochilas
- Garrard
- Harlan
- Knox
- Spencer
- Union
- Leslie
- Whitley
- Carlisle
- Clark
Michigan
- Wayne
- Oakland
New Mexico
- Mora
North Carolina
- Buncombe
New York
- Erie
- Broome
- Sullivan
- Nassau
- Orange
- Suffolk
- Dutchess
- Schenectady
- Westchester
- Tompkins
- Tioga
- Saratoga
- Niagra
Ohio
- Butler
- Richland County Children Services
- Cuyahoga
- Darke
- Licking
Oregon
- Multnomah
Pennsylvania
- Delaware
- Lackawanna
- Dauphin
- Luzerne
- Erie
- Lawrence
- Beaver
Texas
- Bexar
- Upshur
- Bowie
- Harrison
- Marion
- McLennon
- Dallas
- Tarrant
Wisconsin
- Columbia
- Eu Clair
- Sauk
- Marathon
- Adams
- Door
- Douglas
- Florence
- Fond du Lac
- Grant
- Green
- Iowa
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Langlade
- Lincoln
- Oconto
- Oneida
- Pierce
- Price
- Rock
- Rusk
- Shawano
- Sheboygan
- Washburn
- Washington
- Waupaca
- Wood
- Chippewa
West Virginia
- Putnam
- McDowell
- Cabell
- Lincoln
- Mason
- Kanawha
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