ORDINANCE NO. 250787
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Sponsor: City Attorney
Authorizing and accepting opioid settlements with Sandoz, Inc, Purdue Pharma/Sackler, and the Secondary Distributors (Alvogen, Amneal, Apotex, Hikma, Indivior, Mylan, Sun, and Zydus); and authorizing the City Attorney to settle these claims and further negotiate with the State of Missouri over the City's portion of Purdue Pharma/Sackler Family settlement proceeds pursuant to the MOU executed between the City and the State of Missouri.
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WHEREAS, the people of the City of Kansas City have been harmed by a national and state-wide opioid epidemic caused, in part, by fraudulent marketing and licit and illicit opioid use and distribution throughout the city and the State of Missouri; and
WHEREAS, the City joined a nationwide movement of hundreds of cities, counties and other governmental entities seeking damages against various manufacturers and distributors of opioids for economic damages related to items such as addiction treatment, ambulance services, first responder services, emergency room visits, law enforcement, substance abuse counseling, jail costs, other effects of overdoses and a potential host of other direct and indirect costs; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 180174 authorized the City Attorney to execute legal services contracts with a joint team, consisting of Simmons Hanly Conroy and Williams Dirks Dameron, to provide legal services as lead counsel for the City in potential opioid epidemic cases and related action; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 220214 authorized the City Attorney to execute a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the State of Missouri to govern the allocation of opioid settlement funds between the state and local governments resulting from certain national opioid litigation settlements; and
WHEREAS, the structure of settlements with certain pharmaceutical supply chain entities currently facing investigations and litigation in Missouri and throughout t...
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