Oregon is set to receive $40 million in a settlement agreement with Kroger, the parent company of Fred Meyer and QFC, to resolve lawsuits over its alleged role in helping fuel the opioid epidemic. The payment finalizes a deal Kroger reached last September ...

Kroger did not admit to wrongdoing in the settlement, but it did agree to pay nearly $1.4 billion over the coming 11 years to California and other plaintiffs.

Colorado is set to receive nearly $70 million of the Kroger settlement that addresses the grocery store chain's role in the opioid crisis.

Kroger finalized a $1.37 billion settlement in connection with the grocery chain’s role in the U.S. opioid crisis, Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford said.

Illinois will receive $40 million from Kroger from a national settlement totaling $1.37 billion.

Supermarket chain Kroger has finalized a nearly $1.4 billion agreement to settle the majority of the claims made by states, counties and Native American tribes that accused the company of helping fuel the opioid epidemic.