Although the state of West Virginia settled with distributors years ago, its counties and cities, which have their own lawsuits in federal court, have not. Indeed a major bench trial against the distributors brought by the West Virginia city of Huntington and surrounding Cabell County is set to begin Jan. 4. “West Virginia fully supports the national settlement on behalf of every other state,” said Mr. Farrell, who represents numerous West Virginia small governments. The offer is said to give incentives to states to sign up as many local governments as they can. Under the deal, each state would determine how it would distribute settlement money.

Source: New York Times November 05, 2020 17:03 UTC