Nevada AG announces completion of $1.37B settlement with Kroger

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, alongside a bipartisan coalition of thirty state attorneys general, announced the completion of the $1.37B settlement agreement with Kroger (KR), addressing the grocery chain’s role in the opioid crisis. Nevada will receive up to $26.72M for opioid abatement from the settlement, with payments anticipated to begin early next year, Ford said in a statement. “This is just the latest win in my office’s continuing effort to hold accountable those who contributed to the opioid epidemic that devastated our country and our state,” Ford said.