More than half of Wisconsin counties have sued opioid manufacturers, as 20 more counties announced Tuesday that they are filing lawsuits.
The counties are led by the Milwaukee-based law firm Crueger Dickinson and Simmons Hanly Conroy, which has offices throughout the country and has filed similar suits in five other states.
The counties allege that the drug manufacturers' business strategies helped create the opioid epidemic.
There are now 48 Wisconsin counties that are seeking damages. Purdue Pharma, one of the companies named in the lawsuit, has denied the allegations.
