Texas announces $168M settlement with Walmart over opioid crisis

The Office of the Attorney General of Texas finalized a settlement with Walmart for $168M “due to the company’s negligent practices that contributed to the nationwide opioid crisis.” The agreement will resolve claims by the State of Texas and its political subdivisions against Walmart for the company’s practices “that exacerbated the opioid epidemic in the state of Texas and across the nation,” Ken Paxton said in a statement. The settlement terms contain injunctive relief provisions pertaining to opioid marketing, selling, and dispensing practices, from which the key claims in the lawsuit arose.