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To: Jefferson County, WA
Rubris Reference Number: CL-798854
NOTICE OF NEW NATIONAL OPIOID SETTLEMENT
AND UPCOMING ACTION NEEDED TO PARTICIPATE
A new national opioid settlement has been reached with Kroger Co. This is the formal notice required by the settlement and authorized by the parties.
Please read this email and the attached document carefully.
You are receiving this notice because your state has elected to participate in the national opioid settlement with Kroger Co. The list of states participating in the settlement can be
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Your subdivision might have participated in the national opioid settlements with Johnson & Johnson/Janssen, the three Distributors (Cardinal, AmerisourceBergen (Cencora), and McKesson),
Teva, Allergan, CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart.
This notice concerns the opportunity to participate in the new settlement with the new Settling Defendant (Kroger Co.). Your subdivision or special district may participate in the new
settlement whether or not it sued Kroger Co.
In the next few weeks, you will receive additional information and documentation to sign and return if you wish to join the new national opioid settlement with Kroger Co.. Please review
the list of individuals on this email and contact the Implementation Administrator at opioidsparticipation@rubris.com <mailto:opioidsparticipation@rubris.com> if someone else at your
subdivision or special district should receive communications about this settlement.
Your subdivision or special district must “opt in” to participate in the new settlements. To do so, you must sign and return the documentation that you will be receiving in the next
few weeks.
The deadline to return the required documentation is August 12, 2024. Documentation submitted for prior national settlements is not applicable to the new settlement.
The attached document provides additional information concerning the new national opioid settlement involving Kroger Co.
Questions about this notice or the process for receiving and submitting the required Settlement Participation Forms may be directed to your attorney, the Implementation Administrator
at opioidsparticipation@rubris.com <mailto:opioidsparticipation@rubris.com> , or your Attorney General's Office
If your subdivision or special district is represented by an attorney with respect to opioid claims and they are not copied on this message, please immediately contact them concerning
this notice.
Thank you,
National Opioid Settlements Implementation Administrator
National Kroger Settlement
The Implementation Administrator is retained to provide the settlement notice required by the respective settlement agreements referenced above and to manage the collection of settlement
participation forms for each settlement.
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