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Beshear To Announce 8th Opioid Lawsuit

Ryland Barton
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Kentucky Public Radio

Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear says he will announce an eighth lawsuit related to the opioid epidemic.

Beshear's office says he will announce the lawsuit Thursday afternoon against a pharmaceutical company contributing to the state's opioid problem. Beshear has already sued distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson Corp. He has also filed lawsuits against pharmaceutical manufacturers Johnson and Johnson, Walgreens, Mallinckrodt and Endo Pharmaceuticals.

Beshear's office has awarded a contract to a group of private law firms to work on the lawsuits. Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's administration has attempted to cancel that contract, but was overruled by a state judge.

Beshear, a Democrat, is running for governor in 2019.

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