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File #: 207550    Version: 1
Type: Officer's Communication Status: Placed on File
File created: 2/8/2019 In control: City Council
On agenda: 2/14/2019 Final action: 5/23/2019
Enactment date: 2/14/2019 Enactment #: 207550
Title: City Solicitor submitting the suit titled Somerville v. Purdue Pharma, filed in Middlesex Superior Court.
Attachments: 1. Somerville v Purdue Pharma Inc et al - Complaint

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City Solicitor submitting the suit titled Somerville v. Purdue Pharma,  filed in Middlesex Superior Court.

 

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Dear Honorable Councilors:

 

I hereby convey to the City Council a copy of an action entitled City of Somerville v. Purdue Pharma, Inc., filed in Middlesex Superior Court on January 30, 2019.  This suit was filed against 19 opioid manufacturers and distributors alleging deceptive and illegal promotion of opioid and failure to investigate, report, maintain effective control and take steps to terminate suspicious orders of the highly addictive prescription drugs.

 

Please contact me if I can be of further assistance.

 

Francis X. Wright, Jr.

City Solicitor