Attorney Article
Can a Negotiating Class Yield a Covered Settlement in the Opioid Litigation?
"Coverage," a magazine of the ABA section of insurance litigation
Author: Daniel E. Tranen
Daniel Tranen (Partner- Edwardsville | Missouri) authored “Can a Negotiating Class Yield a Covered Settlement in the Opioid Litigation?” in the December 9, 2019, issue of Coverage, a magazine of the ABA Section of Insurance Litigation. The article covers what is happening in the national opioid litigation and the efforts to resolve it. Dan discusses a novel and unprecedented move by the judge overseeing the national opioid MDL to certify a negotiating class of cities and counties. His article focuses on the various hurdles to such a settlement and identifies significant questions regarding whether a negotiating class settlement might be covered and funded, at least in part, by the defendants' insurers.