City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: APRIL 9, 2026
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: CHERAN C. IVERY, CITY ATTORNEY /s/
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Consideration of a Resolution Approving the City's Participation in the Proposed Settlement of Opioid-Related Claims Against Six Regional Distributors/Dispenser Defendants and Directing the City Attorney and/or the City's Outside Counsel to Execute the Documents Necessary to Effectuate the City's Participation in the Settlement.
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ISSUE: Consideration of a resolution approving of the City's participation in the proposed settlement of opioid-related claims against the six regional distributors/dispenser defendants: Associated Pharmacies, Inc (and American Associated Pharmacies); J M Smith Corporation; Louisiana Wholesale Drug Company, Inc.; Morris and Dickson Co.; North Carolina Mutual Wholesale Drug Company, Inc.; and United Natural
Foods, Inc. (including its subsidiaries SuperValu and Advantage Logistics) (collectively "the Six Remnant Defendants") and directing the City Attorney and/or the City's outside counsel to execute the documents necessary to effectuate the City's participation in the settlement.
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopt the resolution attached as Attachment 1 approving the settlement with the Six Remnant Defendants and authorizing the City Attorney and/or the City's outside counsel to execute the necessary documents to effectuate the City's participation in this settlement.
BACKGROUND: The City of Alexandria, along with at least seventy-eight other Virginia localities, has been engaged in litigation against various defendants involved in the manufacture, sale, and distribution of pharmaceutical opioid products. The lawsuit seeks recovery of public funds previously expended and to be expended in the future combatting opioid addiction and its many outgrowths. Simil...
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