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Two IL labor unions partner to sue opioid makers, distributors, promoters; Edelson firm to represent

By Jonathan Bilyk | Thursday, Feb 7, 2019 @ 5:16pm

Two unions have added their names to the long and growing list of organizations suing the makers and distributors of opioid painkillers.
Cook suburbs join together to sue opioid makers; doctors added as defendants to keep case out of federal court

By Scott Holland | Wednesday, May 23, 2018 @ 8:43pm

Ten Cook County suburbs have sued opioid makers in connection with what they allege is widespread drug abuse and overdoses from so-called opioid prescription painkillers. And in a bid to ensure their lawsuit doesn’t get shipped off to a Cleveland federal court to be consolidated with the bulk of the opioid litigation pending in U.S. courts, the plaintiffs have also tacked on as defendants three doctors they accused of operating a “pill mill.”