The city of Baltimore decided to opt to receive $152 million in damages and abatement from McKesson and Cencora (formerly AmerisourceBergen) on Thursday evening.
The winnings bring Baltimore’s total haul from opioid manufacturers and distributors to about $580 million since the city decided to sue opioid companies on its own rather than sign on to a global settlement. The city would have gotten about $63 million from the global settlement.
This most recent payout is disappointing, yet historic for Baltimore. The city won its civil lawsuit against the two companies in November, when a jury found the companies liable for their role in the opioid epidemic…