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Six months after reaching a settlement with owners of a luxury yacht for its grounding, removal and damage to natural resources, the owners still have not paid the thousands of dollars owed to the state. ....
The deal includes 42 states and Washington, D.C. The company tentatively agreed to pay about $700 million to settle the states' claims, according to the Wall Street Journal. “Consistent with the plan we outlined last year, the company continues to pursue several paths to achieve a comprehensive and final resolution of the talc litigation," Erik Haas, J&J's worldwide vice president of litigation, said in a statement. The settlement does not extend to private plaintiffs' cases against the company, some of which are expected to go to trial later this year. ....
Kroger on Friday said it would pay as much as $1.4 billion to resolve thousands of lawsuits by U.S. states, local governments and Native American tribes claiming the supermarket chain's pharmacies helped fuel the nation's opioid epidemic. Kroger agreed to pay up to $1.2 billion to U.S. states, counties and municipalities and $36 million to Native American tribes to resolve the majority of opioid cases it faced. Kroger took a $1.4 billion charge related to the tentative settlement, which is dependent on participation by 33 eligible states and the District of Columbia. ....